Bug 200669

Description of problem:
rpm database corrupted and unrecoverble

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm version 4.3.2

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.as root in single user mode: cd /var/lib/rpm
2.rm -f __db*
3.db_verify Packages (failed)
4.rpm --rebuilddb (failed)
  
Actual results:

[/var/lib/rpm] rm -f __db*
[/var/lib/rpm] db_verify Packages
db_verify: page 466: illegal page type or format
db_verify: page 466: illegal page type or format
db_verify: PANIC: Invalid argument
db_verify: Packages: pgin failed for page 466
db_verify: Packages: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
db_verify: DB->verify: Packages: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database
recovery
db_verify: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
db_verify: dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
[/var/lib/rpm] mv Packages Packages.orig
[/var/lib/rpm] db_dump Packages.orig | db_load Packages
db_dump: page 466: illegal page type or format
db_dump: PANIC: Invalid argument
db_dump: Packages.orig: pgin failed for page 466
db_dump: DB->stat: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
db_dump: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
db_dump: close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
db_dump: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
db_dump: dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
db_load: line 4: unexpected format
[/var/lib/rpm] rpm --rebuilddb
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30978) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run
database recovery
error: cannot open Packages index
[/var/lib/rpm]


Expected results:


Additional info:
the damaged /var/lib/rpm/Packages file is to large (39MB) to be attached here.