On Saturday 20 January 2007 12:57, Sam Varshavchik wrote: [...] >After some Googling, it looks like I'll need to nuke /var/lib/__db* and > try the upgrade again. Well, I'm checking these dependencies again, > for the next hour. Here we go again. > >Whoever decided to use Berkeley DB for RPM, many years ago, should be >smacked upside the head. Hard. BDB is garbage. Stay away from it. I have some very nice white ash in 10/4ths sizes. email me a design for the smacker and it will magicly appear. Seriously, there has to be a db engine less error prone than BDB. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.