Devon,
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> On Saturday 19 January 2002 06:43 pm, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
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> > > > I get the answer:
> > > > D: opening db index
> > > > /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages rdonly
> mode=0x0
> > > > D: closed db index
> > > > /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages
> > > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or
>
> Hi Wolfgang,
> You have a fairly recent version of rpm installed, and I'm wondering
> if
> it isn't perhaps looking in the wrong place for the redhat rpmdb.
>
> The error your getting is the same on reported if rpmdb-redhat isn't
> installed. I'm guessing that is because rpm can't find the installed
> database,
I don't think so, see below :)
> or can't read it, if found.
.. perhaps, yes.
>
> At least in the version I have here, the --redhatprovides flag tells
> rpm
> to look at the database in
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat
>
> I think the problem may be with what's contained in that directory.
> I don't know if rebuilding that database will fix it or not, but here
> is
> what looks to be the problem:
> On my machine, I have:
> $ rpm -q rpm
> rpm-4.0.3-1.03
... here: rpm-4.0.2-6x
> $ rpm -q rpmdb-redhat
> rpmdb-redhat-7.1-0.20010408
... here: rpmdb-redhat-6.2-0.20000308
>
> rpmdb-redhat provides the following files:
> $ rpm -ql rpmdb-powertools
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Basenames
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Conflictname
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Group
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Name
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Packages
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Providename
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Requirename
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Triggername
>
> Looking at the package from 6.2:
> $ rpm -qlp rpmdb-redhat-6.2-0.20000308.i386.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/conflictsindex.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/fileindex.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/groupindex.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/nameindex.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/packages.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/providesindex.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/requiredby.rpm
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/triggerindex.rpm
>
> The names of the database files are different. Also, in the version I
>
> have here, I don't see that it is looking at the rpmdb-powertools
> database.
... yep, you remember the command I posted:
$ rpm -q -vv --redhatprovides libcrypto.so.0
D: opening db index
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: closed db index
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory
(2)
so the command *is* looking for the correct path( ...doesn't it?):
indeed I have here (on RedHat 6.2):
$ ls /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/
conflictsindex.rpm groupindex.rpm packages.rpm requiredby.rpm
fileindex.rpm nameindex.rpm providesindex.rpm triggerindex.rpm
and this is the mode these files have:
$ ls -l /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/
total 15364
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Mar 8 2000
conflictsindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609152 Mar 8 2000 fileindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Mar 8 2000 groupindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28672 Mar 8 2000 nameindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12125384 Mar 8 2000 packages.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94208 Mar 8 2000
providesindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 794624 Mar 8 2000 requiredby.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Mar 8 2000
triggerindex.rpm
... same mode on your 7.1 files?
and I just checked '/usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt-4.0.2': it also says (without
understanding this part until the last bit of information it gives) in
one part:
---------------
[ ... ]
rpm alias --redhatprovides -q --define '_dbpath
/usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat' --whatprovides
rpm alias --redhatrequires -q --define '_dbpath
/usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat' --whatrequires
[ ... ]
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<Did I forget something? ... All this at about 2:45 in the morning ...
I'll need some sleep now ... >
Thanks a lot for your efforts, Devon.
Bye
Wolfgang
[ .. snip ... ]
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Wolfgang Pfeiffer
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