Bug 47902
| Summary: | rhn_register (console app) cannot find redhat-release in RPM database | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <dlc> |
| Component: | rhn_register | Assignee: | Adrian Likins <alikins> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | Jay Turner <jturner> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 6.2 | CC: | srevivo |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2001-07-08 23:34:26 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Try running:
rpm --rebuilddb
And trying it again. The error you report is indicative of
a rpm db problem caused on some upgrades. The "rpm --rebuilddb"
will fix it.
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Description of Problem: I could not use rhn_register-1.3.1 due to another bug that you've already fixed, so I upgraded to rhn_register-1.3.6-1. I then ran rhn_register as root inside an xterm. It crashed, but it pointed me to the problem and I used my mad Python skills (I don't know Python) to fix it (not the best fix, probably, so don't expect a patch). In /usr/share/rhn/register/rhnreg.py from 1.3.6-1, there is a call index = db.findbyprovides("redhat-release") that fails. I changed it to 'findbyname' and it succeeded. (You don't check the result, so the next line's call to db[index] crashed.) How Reproducible: Every time with my RPM database, which is originally RH 6.2 with many packages, e.g. rpm, upgraded. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to my apartment, ... ;-> 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: