On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:05:46 +0300, Phazeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are talking about Mandrake 9.1 then the answer is simple - your > rpm db just broke up. It's pretty simple to fix it though. First you > have to delete the old rpm db: > # rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db.* > then just rebuild the db (without loosing the currently installed > packages list): > #rpm --rebuilddb > > I don't think i have to mention that all this should be done as root > After the rebuilddb finish - go ahaead and update your sources again > (urpmi.update -a). And next time you want to update something ONLY > from the updates mirror - you can use the --update switch with the > urpmi that tells it to use ONLY the updates.
It's MDK 9.0, but I don't think that matters in this case. I've used this fix before, but I didn't recognise that it was needed for this fault. Thanks. I don't understand the last part of your message. What is significant about the --update switch? The urpmi mini-howto says "Once the security source is added, we can check for and install security updates with urpmi.update -a followed by urpmi --auto-select". Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose"
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