[vox-tech] Segmentation Fault with RPM --rebuilddb

Richard Crawford vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
03 Jan 2003 16:09:16 -0800


On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 11:56, ME wrote:
> Some more odd questions:
> 
> Are all of your filesystems mounts (rw)?
> (just run "mount" to see)

Ayuh.  Every single one.


> Before the next time you run
> # rpm --rebuilddb
> Could you check the man page for it? Is there a way to increase the level
> of verbosity? Sometimes, apps will allow for a number like
> "-d 100" to set debug level to 100 and show lots of extra information.
> Some will use "-v" or "-vv" or "-vvv" or "-vvv..." with more "v" being
> more verbose...
> Find the highest level of verbosity it can use, and specify that on the
> command line the next time you run it, like:
> # rpm --rebuilddb -vvvvv
> if it accepts that kind of format. Perhaps it will tell us

rpm does indeed have a verbose option.   Here ya go:

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[root@mossroot rscrawford]# rpm --rebuilddb -vvvvvvvvvv
D: rebuilding database /var/lib/rpm into /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697
D: creating directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697
D: opening old database with dbapi 3
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages create:mpool
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening new database with dbapi 3
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Packages
create:mpool
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Packages create
mode=0x42
D:   +++          1 libsigc++-devel-1.0.4-1.ximian.1
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Name joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Name create
mode=0x42
D: adding "libsigc++-devel" to Name index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Basenames joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Basenames create
mode=0x42D: adding 40 entries to Basenames index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Group joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Group create
mode=0x42
D: adding "Development/Libraries" to Group index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Requirename
joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Requirename create
mode=0x42
D: adding 4 entries to Requirename index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Providename
joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Providename create
mode=0x42
D: adding 2 entries to Providename index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Dirnames joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Dirnames create
mode=0x42
D: adding 9 entries to Dirnames index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Requireversion
joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Requireversion
create mode=0x42
D: adding 4 entries to Requireversion index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Provideversion
joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Provideversion
create mode=0x42
D: adding 2 entries to Provideversion index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Installtid joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Installtid create
mode=0x42
D: adding 1 entries to Installtid index.
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Sigmd5 joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.1697/Sigmd5 create
mode=0x42
D: adding 16 entries to Sigmd5 index.
Segmentation fault
[root@mossroot rscrawford]#

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> Thanks!
> -ME

No problem.  :)

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Slainte,
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