Re: RPM trying to use db1 on db3 database

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:46:23PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> I'm a little confused on the use of db1 vs. db3 with rpm 4.0.2 so please
> bear with me.  I've pieced together a Linux system from parts (manually
> copying the minimum files needed from a working RH 6.2 system) and now I'm
> tyring to add rpm support.  I'm working with RH7.1 so I have rpm 4.0.2.  I
> create a new database like this:
> 
> rpm --initdb --root <some root>
> 
> and I get the following files:
> 
> <some root>/Basenames
> <some root>/Conflictname
> <some root>/Group
> <some root>/Name
> <some root>/Packages
> <some root>/Providename
> <some root>/Requirename
> <some root>/Triggername
> 
> That's what should happen (right?).  When I reboot to this new Linux I try
> to query the database like this:
> 
> rpm -qavv
> 
> and I get this output:
> 
> D: opening db file  /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm mode 0x0
> D: closing db file  /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> error: cannot open Packages inded using db1 - No such file or directory (2)
> 

What does
	rpm --dbapi 3 -qavv --root <some root>
say? Ditto
	rpm --dbapi 1 -qavv
If those both "work", look at
	rpm --showrc | grep dbapi
and figger why %_dbapi has the value 1 (check /etc/rpm/macros.db1?)

73 de Jeff

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Jeff Johnson	ARS N3NPQ
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Chapel Hill, NC