Failed RPM database migrations
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2042147#c2
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RelocateRPMToUsr
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2042099
The RPM database is supposed to move from /var/lib/rpm to
/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm. This was supposed to happen automatically when
you upgraded the rpm package from an earlier version to 4.17.0-10.fc36
(Feb-Mar 2022).
On several machines it is reported that the migration was only half-
completed. The symptoms are that the RPM database is still in
/var/lib/rpm (/usr contains symlinks to it). See typical output from
failed & successful migrations at the end of the email.
So _if_ you have rpm >= 4.17.0-10.fc36 installed:
- Do you see the symptom of a failed migration? Or does it appear
to be successful? (Or neither case??)
- Did you:
* Install F37 or Rawhide from scratch?
* Upgrade using ordinary dnf update or similar?
* Upgrade using dnf system-upgrade?
* Some other install/upgrade method?
Rich.
** After a failed migration: **
$ ls -la /var/lib/rpm
total 339004
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Feb 16 2022 .
drwxr-xr-x. 76 root root 4096 Aug 23 13:28 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 18 14:28 .migratedb
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 347095040 Oct 26 16:50 rpmdb.sqlite
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 32768 Oct 27 15:28 rpmdb.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 26 16:50 rpmdb.sqlite-wal
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Feb 16 2022 .rpm.lock
$ ls -la /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
total 8
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 5 12:05 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Feb 9 2022 ..
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 34 Oct 18 14:28 .migratedb ->
../../../../var/lib/rpm/.migratedb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 36 Oct 18 14:28 rpmdb.sqlite ->
../../../../var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 40 Oct 18 14:28 rpmdb.sqlite-shm ->
../../../../var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite-shm
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 40 Oct 18 14:28 rpmdb.sqlite-wal ->
../../../../var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite-wal
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 33 Oct 18 14:28 .rpm.lock ->
../../../../var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock
** After a successful migration: **
$ ls -la /var/lib/rpm
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Sep 5 13:35 /var/lib/rpm -> ../../usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
$ ls -la /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
total 316324
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 91 Sep 17 23:03 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Aug 9 14:27 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 323878912 Oct 27 16:12 rpmdb.sqlite
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 32768 Oct 28 10:45 rpmdb.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 27 16:12 rpmdb.sqlite-wal
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Sep 5 13:53 .rpm.lock
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