[issue197] Smart Fails on Segmentation Faults

[Pascal Bleser]

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Basil Chupin wrote:
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> I saw Stuart's message yesterday and did what he did which was-
> rpm --initdb  and
> rpm --rebuilddb

You should read manpages, especially before manipulating as sensitive
data as your RPM database:
"Use --initdb to  create a new database, use --rebuilddb to rebuild the
database indices from the installed package headers."

IMO with --initdb you've just hosed your RPM database and hence, your
whole system.

"rpm --rebuilddb" was right, but not "--initdb".
At least AFAICT, I've never, ever used --initdb (and I wouldn't even
try, given its description in the rpm manpage)

cheers
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