Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
> David Guntner wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:38:04AM -0800 :
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets
> > that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM
> > database?
>
> I've seen others say this:
>
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
> rpm --rebuilddb
Ah, so *that's* where the RPM database is hiding. :-) I had finally given
up and did a full restore from my backup tape (yea, I finally found a
program to use for that :) from this morning. On the bright side, I now
know for sure that the tape backup process works. :-)
I'll try to keep that in mind in case there's a "next time," Todd. Thanks!
--Dave
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