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[Sylvester Lykkehus <zly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Juan Erbes wrote:
> 2007/9/23, Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > * Juan Erbes <jerbes@xxxxxxxxx> [09-23-07 09:57]:
> > > How can I edit the rpmdb to remove the references to all the packages
> > > that are not installed. In the rpmdb appear as installed about 4
> > > different versions from the same package.
> > man rpm
> >   search for rebuilddb
> >
> > rpm --rebuilddb  [as root]
>
> Yes, I make it many times a day, but it not resolves the problem. The
> rebuilddb does not remove the references to the old packages do'nt
> present in the system (upgraded many times).
> For example now I has rebuilding the rpmdb, and it terminated with:
>
> rpmdb: page 851: illegal page type or format
> rpmdb: PANIC: Argumento inválido
> error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal
> error, run database recovery
> rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> run database recovery
> rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal
> error, run database recovery
>
>
> Thanks


Stumbled upon http://www.internetguru.com.au/igblog-127.html , an old 
blog post which in turn links to http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/

Both might be of interest

Best regards
Sylvester Lykkehus

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