[CentOS] RE: trying to upgrade from Centos 4.0 to current -- repair RPM database

Hi,


On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 10:03:17AM -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

EMERGING NOTE
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> 
> Execute:  
>   # rm /var/lib/rpm __db.00?
>   # rpm --initdb


Oh please, don't do that :)

man page
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'Use --initdb to create a new database, use --rebuilddb to rebuild the
database indices from the installed package headers.'

As in --initdb would efectively nuke all your bookkeeping about
installed RPMS.



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