On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:44:26 -0700 (PDT), Ryan La Mothe wrote: > Okay, here is the problem: > > 1) I updated RPM from updates (up2date and apt-get) > 2) Don't remember doing anything else to RPM after that > 3) Used rpm -e to uninstall redhat's old mysql and related programs > 4) Now, when I use RPM for anything I get "Segmentation Fault" > > > How do I fix RPM? This is very scary because I am working on this > server for entry into a corporate environment. If RPM is not fixable > (from tar.gz source? which I can't find anywhere), then I am dumping > this distribution like a bad habit because a single update like this > causing system-wide disaster is scary as hell. > > Please Help. Boot first CD in rescue mode, don't enter the chroot, mount your system somewhere, run the working RPM from within the rescue environment together with a proper --root option (e.g. --root /mnt/yoursystem) to reinstall the original RPM packages from CD.
