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Re: Rebuild a corrupt rpm database
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug 'Doogiemeister' Kremer)
Mon Nov 11 03:47:59 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 03:12:42 -0500 (EST)
From: "Doug 'Doogiemeister' Kremer" <kremer@Kremerdg.gardens.udayton.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <199611101917.LAA28818@mail.redshift.com>
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996 john@mail.redshift.com wrote:
> I am having a bit of a problem with what appears to be a corrupted
> rpm database.
> does anyone have an idea on how to rebuild this db? so i can upgrade
> without wiping the drive and upgrading...grin.
from the tail of 'man rpm':
REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is
rpm --rebuilddb
The only options this mode supports are --dbpath and --root.
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