Re: RFE: rpm2cpio should not need db3

[Edward Avis <epa98 doc ic ac uk>]

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On the subject of recovering from a broken rpm/db3 installation, the
ideal answer would be a flag to rpm that stops it trying to link with
db3 or do anything to the package database.  For example,

% rpm -Uvh --no-database db3-*.rpm rpm-*.rpm

This would just install the files without using the existing broken
database.  Of course this option would be used in emergencies only.  You
could then go on to do a --rebuilddb or --initdb and install packages
normally.

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Ed Avis <epa98@doc.ic.ac.uk>
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