[CentOS] Yum loses memory when kernel is upgraded

Jussi Hirvi greenspot at greenspot.fi
Thu Nov 6 09:01:40 UTC 2008


Phil Schaffner (Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov) kirjoitteli (5.11.2008 15:09):
> Sounds like your RPM database was corrupted.  If so, there may well be
> other problems lurking.  I'd try:
> 
> rm /var/lib/rpm/__*
> rpm --rebuilddb
> yum update
> 
> Should not hurt, and may well help avoid other problems.

You're right, I may now have packages that yum does not "see" and thus
cannot update. 

I rebuilt the dbs as you suggested, but nothing seemed to change - there is
nothing new for yum to update. We'll see...

- Jussi

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