On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Joseph E. Mainusch wrote:
> I screwed up and upgraded RPM to a version (4.0-4) that truly disagrees
> with my system (RedHat 7.0 w/ Ximian desktop). Now, everytime I try to
> run it with a -i or a -U, it gives me a seg fault. The real problem is
> that now I can't even back out to where I was before, since that would
> mean downgrading rpm using rpm!
Backup you RPM database before trying this, Just In Case(TM).
Boot the Red Hat install CD in rescue mode. Mount your root filesystem on
/mnt/target. Mount any additional filesystems needed to create the path to
/mnt/target/var/lib/rpm. Use rpm with "--root /mnt/target" to install the
version of RPM that came with RHL 7.0.
If that still doesn't work, your RPM database is badly damaged. Restore it
from your most recent backup.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Net Technologies, Inc. <http://www.ntisys.com>
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