Bug 44383

Summary: RPM 4.0.2 Segmentation fault on "rpm --rebuilddb"
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: blom
Component: rpmAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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My rpm-db from /var/lib/rpm none

Description blom 2001-06-13 13:35:46 UTC 
Description of Problem:

I am experiencing the same problem many people have reported on rpm 4.0.2 after upgrading to it, viz. the segmentation fault appearing on 
querying the database past a specific package, or trying to rebuild it. 

My database is still in db1 format and attached as a tar.gz file - is there some simple fix?

I read the message in the Yahoo rpm-list group from Jeff asking a user to submit a bugreport with such a tar-file attached. Of course, if everyone 
start doing that it will create a right mess, but please forgive me for trying... I need my rpm to work!

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade to rpm 4.0.2
2. rpm --rebuilddb
3.
Comment 1 blom 2001-06-13 13:39:18 UTC 
Created attachment 20962 [details]
My rpm-db from /var/lib/rpm
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-06-13 14:30:30 UTC 
Can you attach a pointer (i.e. URL) to the tarball please? bugzilla
attachments have an upper size limit taht is too small for rpm
databases. Thanks ...
Comment 3 blom 2001-06-14 09:14:30 UTC 
Many thanks for your swift reply. The file in question can be found at 
http://www.teorfys.lu.se/personal/Anders.Blom/docs/rpmdb.tar.gz

Best regards,
Anders Blom
Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2001-06-14 14:10:43 UTC 
A --rebuilddb with a recent version of rpm-4.0.3 from Raw Hide will fix your
problem.
Please reopen this bug if you need more.