Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Step back to 3.0.5. Or, perhaps grab the source tarball and compile > > RPM4. My recollection (from this list) is that the RedHat RPM is > > corrupt and will corrupt your rpm database. > > Personally I'm waiting for RedHat 7.1 before I upgrade! ;-) I wanna > > m

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Fred Herman
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > John Aldrich wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > > > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > > > > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > > > > don

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Statux
Sorry, had company.. lost concentration. it's `rpm --rebuilddb` *blush* On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Statux wrote: > rpm --rebuild ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > John Aldrich wrote: > > > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > > > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > > > don't have a backup of this box)? > > >

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Statux
rpm --rebuild On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Fred Herman wrote: > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > don't have a backup of this box)? > > I even tried to do a reinstall (install, not upgr

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Fred Herman
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > > don't have a backup of this box)? > > > > I even tried to do a reinstall (install,

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Bryan Liles
rpm --rebuilddb On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 10:51:56AM -0600, Fred Herman wrote: > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > don't have a backup of this box)? > > I even tried to do a reins

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Brian Ashe
Hi Fred, First type rpm --help Then you will see near the bottom that all you need do is type rpm --rebuilddb Please try to keep step one in mind for future use. man rpm can also be useful. Have fun, -- _ Brian Ashe

Re: How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I > seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I > don't have a backup of this box)? > > I even tried to do a reinstall (install, not upgrade), but the > installa

How Do I Rebuild RPM Database

2000-08-17 Thread Fred Herman
I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I don't have a backup of this box)? I even tried to do a reinstall (install, not upgrade), but the installation seemed to never try to load any rpm's a