On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:23:08AM -0400, Tim Duggan wrote:

-----Original Message----- From: Jon Pennington [SMTP:jpennington@atipa.com] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:19 PM

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Brad Shelton said:

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I don't know how I did it, but I obviously did. My RPM database is gone.

Is there a way to semi-painlessly rebuild it by scanning binary directories er sump'n?

`*8<

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Is that to say that it is so far gone that `rpm --rebuilddb' won't produce >any results?

Have a look in /var/adm/backup/rpmdb/ there should be a gzipped copy of the database.

Thanks, but it's completely gone. Nothin' nowhere. I was script writing one day to do some directory cleanup and probably got careless. Unfortunately, I didn't notice the missing rpm database until after I had overwritten the backup. It's a production machine so I can't re-install. Guess I'll just have ta grin an get lucky. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://online-isp.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/