At 6:53 PM -0500 11/15/06, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/signed; > boundary="=_mimegpg-commodore.email-scan.com-28222-1163634835-0005"; > micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" > >Tony Nelson writes: > >> Is there a way to check the RPM database for validity? I know how to >> rebuild it, and where it is stored, and that when yum says that the >> database is corrupt that I must do something about it, but is there a way >> to test it before total failure? > >Well, "rpm -q -a -V" is going to go and read pretty much all the bits in the >rpm database. If something's busted, you're likely going to hit it. rpm -Va checks the possibly corrupt database's opinion of the filesystem, and may be considered a check on the database's accuracy. If RPM doesn't crash while doing it, nothing much is proved about its validity. Is there a tool or command to check the RPM database for being corrupt? -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
