RE: SUG: Automatic RPM database verification and repair

["Stanley, Jon" <Jon Stanley savvis net>]

>
>The "right" way would be to make a copy of the Packages file, 
>check it, and
>only save it if the check passes.  According to Jeff, the 
>proper check is
>to do a "rpm --rebuilddb" with that Packages file and see if 
>it works, but
>I haven't tried that method.
>-- 

Is there some way to verify that a --rebuilddb *would* work against it?
I have an aversion to modifying production data, for obviously good
reason.