Bug 116296 (rpm_database) - rpm --rebuilddb cannot fix rpm databse
Summary: rpm --rebuilddb cannot fix rpm databse
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: rpm_database
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL: http://titan.minghe.org:8180/~ming/rp...
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Reported: 2004-02-19 20:36 UTC by Ming He
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-03-09 20:18:52 UTC
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Description Ming He 2004-02-19 20:36:05 UTC 
Description of problem:

rpm database corrupted.  rpm --rebuilddb would not fix.
need to recover the dabase.

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

[ming@satan ming]$ rpm --version
RPM version 4.2

How reproducible:

[ming@satan ming]$ rpm -qa
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     762 blob size(17176): BAD, 8
+ 16 * il(959538789) + dl(811807536)
setup-2.5.25-1
bzip2-libs-1.0.2-8
......
......
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     764 Header V3 DSA signature:
BAD, key ID e42d547b
sylpheed-claws-0.9.6-1.fr
spamassassin-tools-2.60-1
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     762 blob size(17176): BAD, 8
+ 16 * il(959538789) + dl(811807536)
cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.3
libxfce4util-4.0.0-1
xfce4-panel-4.0.0-1
a2ps-4.13b-28
xfce4-themes-4.0.0-1
xfce-utils-4.0.0-1
xfwm4-themes-4.0.0-1
Segmentation fault
[ming@satan ming]$ 

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