Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21

[Mick]

Hi Serge;
  [mick@localhost ~]$ file /var/lib/rpm/Packages
/var/lib/rpm/Packages: data

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On Tue, 12/23/14, Sérgio Basto <sergio(a)serjux.com&gt; wrote:

 Subject: Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21
 To: test(a)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@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@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@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
 > 
 > 
 > 
>  
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>  On Tue, 12/23/14, Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
 wrote:
>  
>   Subject: 
 Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21
>   To: "For testing and quality 
 assurance of Fedora
releases" <test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>   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@localhost ~]# 
>   fedup --network 21 
 --product=nonproduct
 > 
>  
 >  
 >  > Which
 worked.
>   > Now
>   when I try to 'yum update'
>   > [root@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@localhost ~]# 
 >  > 
 >  > Or
 rpm--rebuilddb
>   > [root@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@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
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