RE: rpm not responding

Output from # rpm -vv -rebuilddb
D: rebuilding database /var/lib/rpm into
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616
D: creating directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616
D: opening old database with dbapi 3
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly
mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening new database with dbapi 3
D: opening  db environment
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages create:mpool
D: opening  db index      
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages create mode=0x42D:
closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db index      
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages
D: closed   db environment
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages
D: removing directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616

Output from # rpm -vv -qa
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
create:cdb:mpool
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly
mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages

Does this mean my rpm database has gone? Anyway to restore
the database?

-----Original Message-----
From: nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com
[mailto:nahant-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Michael Schwendt
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:00 PM
To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Discussion List
Subject: Re: rpm not responding

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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On 09/04/07, Li Hao  NCS wrote:
> Output from # rpm -vv -rebuilddb
> D: rebuilding database /var/lib/rpm into
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616
> D: creating directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616
> D: opening old database with dbapi 3
> D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
joinenv
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly
mode=0x0
> D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: opening new database with dbapi 3
> D: opening  db environment
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages create:mpool
> D: opening  db index      
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages create mode=0x42D:
closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db index      
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages
> D: closed   db environment
/var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616/Packages
> D: removing directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.28616

> Does this mean my rpm database has gone?

Looks very much like an empty database (the size of the file
most
likely will confirm that, and I doubt the low-level rpm db
tools will
help). Normal would be to see how it processes all installed
package
details and rebuilds indexes. You should get hundreds to
thousands of
lines of debug output.

> Anyway to restore the database?

No backup, no luck.

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