rpm and up2date don't work any more

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:08:37AM -0400, Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have the following problem with RHEL AS3: Something went wrong when I did 
> up2date the last time (somehow it froze). Now neither up2date nor rpm work 
> any more. If I start either one of them, nothing happens, and I have to 
> kill the process from a second terminal. Any recommendations what to do? 
> Get the rpm source and compile?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Benjamin 

Well, the usual fix is to

  rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
  rpm --rebuilddb

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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