Corrupt /var/lib/rpm/Packages?
A RedHat 9 server had problems with its rpm database. Running strace showed that it’s hanging when accessing /var/lib/rpm/Packages (a Berkeley DB, wondering?). No rpm actions were possible anymore. Solution:
# cd /var/lib # cp -a rpm rpm.backup # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* # rpm -vv --rebuilddb
August 10th, 2006 at 20:11
Oh yeah, how well I still remember this bug! RedHat and also Fedora suck donkey balls.