for having fried my rpm installation:
/var/lib/rpmrebuild.8xxx contained backups of my original rpm dependencies, etc. i copied the directory contents of the earliest-dated directory back to /var/lib/rpm, and everything worked (or actually, didn't work as I described originally) before.
next I deleted *only* the /var/lib/__db.00x files and ran rpm --rebuilddb.
yum (and rpm) both work now!
thanks again for all the help - i really appreciate it.
spencer
On 10/6/05, Spencer Kellis <spencerkellis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
yes, I did do that, but I got the same errors afterwards.
the reason I'm working on rpm is that I downloaded an rpm of rpm, and ran rpm -i rpm... to install it and got a list of a bunch of dependencies like /bin/bash, /bin/sh, etc. that are obviously installed... so that's why i'm trying to fix rpm first.
sorry to chris for the double post - i keep forgetting to reply to the list instead of the poster. :)On 10/6/05, Chris Northwood < chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spencer Kellis
> Sent: 06 October 2005 16:26
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: yum broken
>
> Thanks for all the help so far.
>
> I ran memtest86 overnight (12 hours WallTime, 30 Tests) and everything
> passed fine.
>
> I deleted the files listed in the "man rpm" page as having to do with the
> rpm database (this was basically the /var/log/rpm folder). Referring back
> to Rick's email, I noticed he suggested deleting only the __db.00x files.
> Oops. :) Anyway, I'm getting a "cannot open/read repomd.xml" from yum,
> and guessing it's an rpm problem, so I'm currently tracking that down.
> Once I get that rpm up and running again, I'll check to see if this all
> has made a difference with yum.
Repomd.xml is a Yum file, not an RPM file. Have you tried yum clean all?
Chris Northwood.
> Spencer
On 10/5/05, Rick Stevens < rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 14:00 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
> At 11:00 AM -0600 10/5/05, Spencer Kellis wrote:
>...
> >Tony - thanks for the suggestion, and I'll try that as soon as I've got
> >the memtest86 figured out.Do you know where the db is located in the
> >filesystem to delete (or how to find it)?
>
> Nope.Hopefully the list is your friend, but if not, Google is your
> friend.I think removing the RPM database may have been covered on the
> list.
If you're talking about the RPM database, it's in in "/var/lib/rpm" and
contained in the files "__db.001", "__db.002" and "__db.003".
If you're referring to the yum databases, they're in
"/var/cache/yum/<repo-name>".
That's all contained in the "Files" part of the man pages for rpm and
yum."man" is also your friend.In Linux, you have a LOT of friends!
> Searching the list archive does not work (though they're working on that);
> until then here's a list mirror to search:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2
>
> or use Google, but Google isn't as current:
>
> <search terms> site: www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list
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