-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 October 2002 11:49 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > Hrmm, can you install/remove other rpms? Try removing it with > > rpm -e -vvv xf86-corefonts > > > > That should print quite a bit of info about the process. Perhaps > > there is a problem with the rpm database? > > here it is: > [root@gstpc gerry]# rpm -e -vvv xf86-corefonts > D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 That's all the output? I see (On a 7.3 system): # rpm -e -vvv xf86-corefonts D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages create:mpool D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages mode=0x82 D: locked db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Name mode=0x82 D: ========== --- xf86-corefonts-0.1-5 D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Requirename mode=0x82 D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Basenames mode=0x82 D: erase: xf86-corefonts-0.1-5 has 17 files, test = 0 D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Triggername mode=0x82 D: erase: running %preun script(s) (if any) D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 5229 /usr/share/doc/xf86-corefonts-0.1/eula.txt > then > [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ ls /var/lib/rpm/Packages > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > I take it that means there is nothing in the database? Nothing wrong with that output, as long as the file is ok. $ ls /var/lib/rpm/Packages /var/lib/rpm/Packages $ ll /var/lib/rpm/Packages - -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 22523904 Oct 1 23:34 /var/lib/rpm/Packages $ ls /var/lib/rpm Basenames Filemd5s Name Provideversion Sha1header Conflictname Group Packages Requirename Sigmd5 Dirnames Installtid Providename Requireversion Triggername You might try rpm --rebuilddb, and then try uninstalling the package again. - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3} in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj2achcACgkQn/07WoAb/SsQzwCffsp/sg9w68TP3XQbZdb5Eo9Z T3kAniMhFTWLjcQ5VnsZkiz8r5j1kagG =3WNK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
