RE: rpm not responding

I only rename the /var/lib/rpm to /var/lib/rpm.old, try the
initdb, it create the /var/lib/rpm folder again, and rpm -qa
still no result. Rename the /var/lib/rpm, run the rpm
command recreate the /var/lib/rpm directory with the same
content.

I have try copy back the old rpm directory, do a 'rm
/var/lib/rpm/__*', then rebuild the db, still no result.

The message you mention is lost of package, on my server, it
does not return any package.

Regards,
Li Hao

-----Original Message-----
From: nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com
[mailto:nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Jussi Silvennoinen
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:44 PM
To: nahant-listredhat.com
Subject: Re: rpm not responding

> Please help me on this strange problem:
> 
> One of my RHEL4 update 4 server has problem with rpm.
As root user, run 
> the command rpm -qa return no result, it just return
immediately without 
> error message or result. Command rpm do give the syntax
help. I have try 
> to remove /var/lib/rpm, then rebuild the db using rpm
-rebuilddb, but 
> rpm -qa still give me the same result.

You've killed the contents of RPM database by removing
/var/lib/rpm. No 
amount of --rebuilddb is going to fix that.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2
006-July/msg00016.html

You probably could have fixed the original problem by 'rm
/var/lib/rpm/__*'

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On 07/04/07, Li Hao  NCS wrote:
> I only rename the /var/lib/rpm to /var/lib/rpm.old, try
the initdb, it create the /var/lib/rpm folder again, and rpm
-qa still no result. Rename the /var/lib/rpm, run the rpm
command recreate the /var/lib/rpm directory with the same
content.
>
> I have try copy back the old rpm directory, do a 'rm
/var/lib/rpm/__*', then rebuild the db, still no result.
>
> The message you mention is lost of package, on my
server, it does not return any package.
>

One can only guess what is left in your /var/lib/rpm,
perhaps you've
killed your RPM database with earlier attempts. Add option
-vv and try
 rpm -vv --rebuilddb  to get some debug output of what the
command
does. You can add the option to other commands, too.

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There were a few messages I posted just last week that would
show how 
you could have had this problem fixed.


Li Hao NCS wrote:
> I only rename the /var/lib/rpm to /var/lib/rpm.old, try
the initdb, it create the /var/lib/rpm folder again, and rpm
-qa still no result. Rename the /var/lib/rpm, run the rpm
command recreate the /var/lib/rpm directory with the same
content.
> 
> I have try copy back the old rpm directory, do a 'rm
/var/lib/rpm/__*', then rebuild the db, still no result.
> 
> The message you mention is lost of package, on my
server, it does not return any package.
> 
> Regards,
> Li Hao
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com
[mailto:nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Jussi Silvennoinen
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:44 PM
> To: nahant-listredhat.com
> Subject: Re: rpm not responding
> 
>> Please help me on this strange problem:
>>
>> One of my RHEL4 update 4 server has problem with
rpm. As root user, run 
>> the command rpm -qa return no result, it just
return immediately without 
>> error message or result. Command rpm do give the
syntax help. I have try 
>> to remove /var/lib/rpm, then rebuild the db using
rpm -rebuilddb, but 
>> rpm -qa still give me the same result.
> 
> You've killed the contents of RPM database by removing
/var/lib/rpm. No 
> amount of --rebuilddb is going to fix that.
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2
006-July/msg00016.html
> 
> You probably could have fixed the original problem by
'rm /var/lib/rpm/__*'
> 

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