Bug 7216 – error message: failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

Bug 7216 - error message: failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

Summary:	error message: failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
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Reported:	1999-11-22 00:31 EST by Seven
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-11-23 10:49:33 EST
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Description Seven 1999-11-22 00:31:15 EST

when trying to install or upgrade an rpm package it always spits out this
error message: "failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm". When I try to
check the signature on /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm package it spits out this
error message: "error: could not read syntax" I therefore can't install any
rpm.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-22 10:51:59 EST

Are you running as root?

Comment 2 Seven 1999-11-23 10:49:59 EST

nope, and thank you, now it works....  =)   i feel stoopid...  =P

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