rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21

[Mick]

Hi Serge;
  It looks like reload time.
Lots of errors 'Bad Magic Number', ' unexpected file type or format'

Thanks for trying
MM

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On Wed, 12/24/14, Sérgio Basto <sergio at serjux.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21
 To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
 Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 7:13 AM
 
 On Ter, 2014-12-23 at
 22:27 -0800, Mick wrote: 
 > Hi Serge;
 >   [mick at localhost ~]$
 file /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 >
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages: data
 
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages is not an Berkeley DB
 file ! , It will be hard 
 
 Try follow : 
 http://www.rpm.org/wiki/Docs/RpmRecovery
 
 
 DB corruption recovery
 process
 
 >
 --------------------------------------------
 > On Tue, 12/23/14, Sérgio Basto <sergio at serjux.com>
 wrote:
 > 
 >  Subject:
 Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21
 >  To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
 >  Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 9:45
 PM
 >  
 >  On Ter,
 2014-12-23 at
 >  19:46 -0800, Mick
 wrote: 
 >  > Hi Adam;
 >  >     thanks for
 trying.
 >  > It made no
 difference.
 >  > 
 >  > The message was:
 >  > [root at localhost ~]#
 rpm
 >  --rebuilddb
 >  > error: rpmdb: BDB0641
 >  __db_meta_setup: /var/lib/rpm/Packages:
 unexpected file type
 >  or format
 >  > error: cannot open Packages
 >  index using db5 - Invalid argument
 (22)
 >  >
 >  
 >  > and looking at the file:
 >  > [root at localhost ~]#
 ls
 >  -l /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 >  > -rw-r--r--. 1
 >  root root 452214784 Dec 20 14:49
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 >  
 >  what you got ? with command :
 >  
 >  file
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 >  
 >  I got : 
 > 
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages: Berkeley DB (Hash,
 >  version 9, native byte-order)
 >  
 >  > When I
 renamed Packages the rpmbuilddb
 >  error
 went away.
 >  > However
 >  > [root at localhost
 rpm]#
 >  yum update
 >  > CRITICAL:yum.main:
 >  > 
 >  > Error:
 rpmdb failed
 >  release provides. Try:
 rpm --rebuilddb
 >  >
 >  
 >  > From my
 Google-FU it seems that a full
 > 
 re-install (DVD) of F21 is the only cure.
 >  > I am trying to avoid that.
 >  > 
 >  >
 MickM
 >  > 
 > 
 > 
 >  > 
 > 
 >
 > 
 --------------------------------------------
 >  > On Tue, 12/23/14, Adam Williamson
 <adamwill at fedoraproject.org>
 >  wrote:
 >  > 
 >  >  Subject:
 > 
 Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21
 >  >  To: "For testing and
 quality
 >  assurance of Fedora
 releases" <test at lists.fedoraproject.org>
 >  >  Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014,
 12:13
 >  PM
 > 
 >  
 >  >  On Tue,
 >  2014-12-23 at
 > 
 >  08:06 -0800, Mick
 >  wrote:
 >  >  > Hi;
 > 
 >  >   I was running FC20
 >  fully
 >  > 
 updated.
 >  > 
 > 
 > [root at localhost ~]# 
 >  >  fedup --network 21
 >  --product=nonproduct
 >  >  >
 > 
 >  
 >  >  > Which
 >  worked.
 >  > 
 > Now
 >  >  when I try to
 'yum update'
 >  >  > [root at localhost ~]#
 >  yum
 >  > 
 update
 >  > 
 > 
 > error: rpmdb: BDB0641
 >  > 
 >  __db_meta_setup: /var/lib/rpm/Packages:
 
 >  >  > unexpected file type or
 format
 >  >  > error: cannot open
 Packages index
 >  using
 >  >  db5 - Invalid argument (22) 
 >  >  > error:
 >  > 
 >  cannot open
 Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
 > 
 >  > CRITICAL:yum.main:
 >  > 
 >
 >  >  
 > 
 >  > Error: rpmdb open failed
 > 
 >  > [root at localhost ~]#
 >  >  > 
 > 
 >  > Or
 >  rpm--rebuilddb
 >  >  > [root at localhost ~]#
 >  rpm
 >  > 
 --rebuilddb
 >  >  > error: rpmdb:
 BDB0641
 >  >  __db_meta_setup:
 /var/lib/rpm/Packages:
 >  
 >  >  > unexpected file type or
 >  format
 >  > 
 > error: cannot open
 >  Packages
 index using
 >  >  db5 - Invalid
 >  argument (22) [
 > 
 >  > root at localhost ~]#
 >  >  > 
 > 
 >  > Any
 >  ideas?
 >  >  > Apart from this the
 >  system is working
 > 
 >  fine.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  
 >  > 
 Try:
 >  >  
 > 
 >  mv
 >  > 
 >  /var/lib/rpm/__db* /tmp
 >  >  rpm
 > 
 --rebuilddb
 >  >  
 >  > 
 >  if it
 doesn't help, move
 >  >  the
 >  __db* files back, you may want to keep
 
 >  >  them in case some RPM guru
 can help you
 >  debug.
 >  >  Hope this helps!
 >  >  -- 
 >  > 
 Adam
 >  >  Williamson
 >  >  Fedora
 >  QA
 Community Monkey
 >  >  IRC: adamw
 |
 >  Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP:
 >  >  adamw
 >  AT
 happyassassin . net
 >  >  http://www.happyassassin.net
 >  >  
 >  >  --
 
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