Bug 41054

Summary: rpm won't install. Rebuilt database hangs
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <allens>
Component: rpmAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.1   
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2001-05-22 18:47:57 UTC Type: ---
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ZIP file of /var/lib/rpm
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tar czvf /tmp/rpmdb.tar.gz rpmr -- after cd /var/lib -- tnx de N6JNU
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created with tar czvf /tmp/rpmdb.tar.gz rpm -- tnx de N6JNU
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I am E-mailing this also none

Description Need Real Name 2001-05-17 06:12:33 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Failed rpm installation of staroffice.  After this, could not run up2date
or install
rpms manually with rpm -i.
Attempted rpm --rebuilddb  which almost works, but hangs before finishing

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -rebuilddb -vv  (the -vv to watch progress)
2.---or rpm -i  --- causes segmentation fault
3.
	

Actual Results:  The end of the rebuild db -vv looks like
this----------------


D: adding "wmakerconf" to Name index.
D: adding 57 entries to Basenames index.
D: adding "User Interface/Desktops" to Group index.
D: adding 29 entries to Requirename index.
D: adding 1 entries to Providename index.
D:   +++        812 xfig-3.2.3c-8
D: adding "xfig" to Name index.
D: adding 824 entries to Basenames index.
D: adding "Applications/Multimedia" to Group index.
D: adding 24 entries to Requirename index.
D: adding 1 entries to Providename index.
D:   +++        813 XFree86-ISO8859-7-75dpi-fonts-1.0-9
D: adding "XFree86-ISO8859-7-75dpi-fonts" to Name index.
D: adding 109 entries to Basenames index.
D: adding "User Interface/X" to Group index.
D: adding 6 entries to Requirename index.
D: adding 1 entries to Providename index.
D:   +++        814 XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.3-5
D: adding "XFree86-Xvfb" to Name index.
D: adding 2 entries to Basenames index.
D: adding "User Interface/X Hardware Support" to Group index.
D: adding 15 entries to Requirename index.
D: adding 1 entries to Providename index.
D:   +++        815 xsysinfo-1.7-3


D: adding "xsysinfo" to Name index.
D: adding 5 entries to Basenames index.
D: adding "Applications/System" to Group index.
D: adding 14 entries to Requirename index.
D: adding 1 entries to Providename index.

Expected Results:  up2date and rpm -i previously worked.

Additional info:

This sounds like other database problems as described by Jeff Jones.
Can you help?
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2001-05-17 06:27:36 UTC 
Created attachment 18730 [details]
ZIP file of /var/lib/rpm
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-05-21 12:56:30 UTC 
The zip file is unreadable. Can you add a pointer to a tar.gz file of you
database
please?
	cd /var/lib
	tar czvf /tmp/rpmdb.tar.gz rpm
Comment 3 Need Real Name 2001-05-22 17:48:27 UTC 
I have attached the file that you wanted.
Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2001-05-22 18:47:52 UTC 
Hmmm, still no success success saving the attachments. How about mailing the
tarball to <jbj>? Thanks.
Comment 5 Jeff Johnson 2001-05-23 17:06:42 UTC 
Similar problem to #38454, ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 38454 ***