cannot open Providename index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)

[Vijay N. Majagaonkar]

Hi Panu,

Thanks for the reply, I will try your options thanks again, If it successes
than i will post back here.


~thanks
V!jay.


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at laiskiainen.org>
 wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Vijay N. Majagaonkar wrote:
>
> rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Providename: unsupported hash version: 9
>
> You're apparently creating an image for an older distro on a newer one,
> and the older RPM / Berkeley DB combo on the installed image doesn't
> support the hash format of the newer BDB from the newer distro (on which
> you created the image).
>
> There's no general "easy" solution for it I'm afraid. If possible, use an
> older distro (of the same era as the one you're creating the image for) to
> create the image. Another possibility might be downgrading the rpmdb
> format with db_dump and db_load from suitably versioned db4-utils, but
> that gets a bit tricky.
>
>        - Panu -
> --
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