Bug 53941 - rpm --rebuilddb crashes with
Summary: rpm --rebuilddb crashes with
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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Reported: 2001-09-23 12:44 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-10-04 16:14:12 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-09-23 12:44:04 UTC 
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Description of problem:
On my i386 system (pretty much standard RH 7.1 the rpm exits ungracefully
with an 
memory alloc (2237676289 bytes) returned NUL
after rpm --rebuilddb 
I have a fairly large installation (i.e. some components) but thsi should
not happen.
The same error occurs when trying to install any component

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpm --rebuilddb
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  memory alloc (2237676289 bytes) returned NUL

Expected Results:  exits gracefully		

Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-10-04 16:14:08 UTC 
You have a damaged header in your rpm database.

Try installing rpm-4.0.3 from Raw Hide and/or
	ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.0.3
as I believe a --rebuilddb with rpm-4.0.3 will fix your
problem.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2002-06-21 19:51:07 UTC 
Assuming problem fixed.
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