Subject: Re: [suse-axp] rpm database file corrupt
From: Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 15:26:58 PDT
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> While upgrading my Alpha box with the latest SuSE 6.4 version I ran
> into a problem. The file /var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm
> ended up giving input/output errors stalling the upgrade about
> mid-way through. Is there a way to repair this file? will rpm
> --rebuilddb do that? What happens if I just disable the file (e.g.,
> by renaming it) and then try to rebuild the database?
Just tried it: you can. rpm will re-generate the file for you.
(to play save I'd copy /var/lib/rpm to another directory first;
at least I did that since I tried on my main machine ... ;)
> The fault is
> probably due to a disk problem as I ran into other bad blocks on
> it recently. So, in the long term a disk replacement seems in order.
> I guess, I was just wondering whether I could easily complete the
> upgrade on the limping system until I get a replacement disk in.
Good luck to have it last until the replacement is there ...
>
> Best regards, Alex.
>
>
>
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with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
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