Re: Wrong __dbs deleted

["Mike Vanecek" <shrike_list mm-vanecek cc>]

---------- Original Message -----------
From: M A Young <m a young durham ac uk>
To: shrike-list redhat com
Sent: Thu, 1 May 2003 00:42:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Wrong __dbs deleted

> Mike Vanecek wrote:
> 
> > Still trying to figure out why I got an error rebuilding
> >
> > [root www rpm]# rpm --rebuilddb
> > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy
> 
> Ignore it, the error isn't important.

OK. However, I am paranoid ... I had not seen it until after the rpm system
got hung. What is the error telling me and why does it occur?

> 
> > Tried running --initdb ...
> 
> Oh dear, you appear to have wiped out your database. You now need to
> restore it from backups, or remember what packages you had installed 
> (look in /var/log/rpm*) and use rpm --justdb for each package to 
> recreate it. In some cases it is simpler to re-install.

I did a rebuilddb and everything seems to be in the db. I did a rpm -q for all
the packages I know I installed and they pop right up. I thought that --initd
created the db and --rebuilddb rebuilt it based on the stored headers?

In any event, I'd still like to know more about db4 error(16)?