[Bug 1244513] New: dnf rebuild --what to do to recover from database crash

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244513

            Bug ID: 1244513
           Summary: dnf rebuild  --what to do to recover from database
                    crash
           Product: Fedora Documentation
           Version: devel
         Component: system-administrator's-guide
          Severity: high
          Assignee: swadeley(a)redhat.com
          Reporter: lsatenstein(a)yahoo.com
        QA Contact: docs-qa(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
                CC: swadeley(a)redhat.com



Description of problem:

Part way through dnf update the application emitted an error message along with
instructions to perform  a dnf rebuild.

dnf rebuild is not in the man pages, or in Fedora Documents that I looked at.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Random or when dnf encounters a database inconsistancy

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:

No information within Fedora documentation. Found information on the web

Expected results:

dnf rebuild should be part of the internal dnf options and should also be
included in the man/info pages. 

Additional info:

Found this information on the web...

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rebuilding-corrupted-rpm-database.html


rm -rf /var

# cd /var/lib
# rm __db*

Rebuild RPM database:
# rpm --rebuilddb
# rpmdb_verify Packages

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