Re: Building rpmdb with --justdb

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to build a new full rpmdb for Severn/rawhide. All rawhide 
> packages are available in a single directory (only a single architecture 
> instance), but when I issue
>
> [leonard@athlon i686]$ rpm --dbpath /home/leonard/rpmdb.severn --justdb -iv 
> *.rpm 2>&1 | tee ~/RPMIV.log
>
> I get loads of the following errors:
>
> installing package xsane-gimp-0.91-1 needs 3323MB on the /usr filesystem
>
> and the rpmdb stays empty. I did do an --initdb before attempting to fill 
> the database.
>  

I doubt --initdb does anything useful anymore, carried for hysterical 
reasons.

> The same happens when I sudo the above command. Why does rpm complain it 
> needs space on any filesystem if I specify --justdb? How should I build an 
> rpmdb without actually installing anything on any filesystem?
>  

There's more than --justdb needed. Off the top of my head, complete
list in rpmdb-redhat.spec:
   --ignoresize
   --badarch
   --bados
   --noscripts
   --notriggers
Adding --nodigest/--nosignature will speed things up a bit too.

73 de Jeff