Re: HELP rpm 4.0

[Brian Kuhn <bgkuhn execpc com>]

Before I ask I will say it: "I am dumb, and should be beaten" :-)

Being unaware of "the warning" I attempted to upgrade to rpm4.0 from 3.x.It
seemed a reasonable step when I could not install packages with version
numbers >= 3.x.

I now find myself in a pickle with either a corrupted or (I hope)
temporarily inaccessible RPM database.

Any suggestions as to steps to take to roll back this "upgrade" are
appreciated.  Info follows...

My distro is Mandrake 7.1.  I was using the rpm which came with the distro.

I obtained rpm-4.0-___-i386.rpm from rpm.redhat.com. Did a test on the
package file... no complaints about dependencies.  So I installed with the
"upgrade" option.

The only message I received then was "could not delete /usr/lib/rpm --
directory not empty".  There were no complaints of dependency problems, etc.

Since Then...

"rpm -qa" produces no output.

"rpm -q rpm", or any package that was/is on my system produces "package rpm
is not installed"

urmpi and its GUI front ends will not run -- "can't find ld.s0.____".

"rpm --rebuild" has had no effect.

Attempts to "downgrade" rpm from my Mandrake Install CD have failed, because
rpm believes "ld.so____" packages, etc., are not installed on my system.  (I
have been trying to avoid "--nodep" and force.

It sounds like what I really need to do is to use RPM 3.0.5.  So... how get
there with a restored database?

Thanks!!!

Brian

p.s. I am willing to wear burlap and sit in ashes if need be... but measures
like reinstalling the distro would just make my Windows friends too happy.
Don't wanna do that. ;-)


"Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Pietro wrote:
>
> >   Hello, ML
> >   I have red-hat 6.1, kernel 2.2.12.
> >   What is the step for install from RPM 3.0.3 to RPM 4.0 ?
> >   The sources code is  rpm-4.0.tar.gz.
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >   by  Italy
> >   Ciao Pietro
> >
> Get RPM 3.05 or 3.06.  They will both read RPMs created with RPM 4.0,
> but work on a 6.x system.  Do NOT install RPM 4.0 on a 6.1 system unless
> you know what you are doing, or you want to break your RPM data base.
>
> You have been warned...
>
> If you had been keeping up to date with the 6.x packages, you would not
> have this problem.  I hope your system in not on the net.
>
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