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Description of problem:
up2date -u --nosig fails as does yum -y update as does rpmdb --rebuilddb

up2date -u --nosig shows:
# up2date -u --nosig
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-rawhide
using mirror: http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/development/i386/
rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented
rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented
error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1245, in ?
    sys.exit(main() or 0)
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 800, in main
    fullUpdate, dryRun=options.dry_run))
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1119, in batchRun
    batch.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 62, in run
    self.__findPackagesToUpdate()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 101, in __findPackagesToUpdate
    plist.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/packageList.py", line 121, in run
    installedPackageList = rpmUtils.getInstalledPackageList(getArch=1)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpmUtils.py", line 455, in getInstalledPackageList
    for h in _ts.dbMatch():
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

yum -y update gives:
 yum -y update
rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented
rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented
error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 15, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 51, in main
    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 156, in getOptionsConfig
    self.doConfigSetup(fn = conffile, root = root)
  File "__init__.py", line 71, in doConfigSetup
  File "config.py", line 291, in __init__
  File "config.py", line 324, in _getsysver
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

rpmdb --rebuilddb gives:
 rpmdb --rebuilddb
rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented
rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented
error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38)




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
not sure which component -- maybe rpmdb

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. as root:  up2date -u --nosig or yum -y update or rpmdb --rebuilddb
2.
3.
  

Actual Results:  error msgs as indicated above.

Expected Results:  Normal update from development (providing dependencies met).


Additional info: