Re: 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(a)laiskiainen.org&gt;
 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 -
>  --