smart downgrade rpm

[Jeff Johnson]

On Jun 23, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Mathieu Clabaut wrote:

> Hello....
> When asking to install "trac" package on a fedora 3, smart ask to
> downgrade rpm.
> I've overlooked the problem it may caused, as the downgraded version
> has not the same
> database format than the previous one (rpm 4.4.2 versus rpm 3.x I  
> think)...
>

Hmm, rpm-3.x? That's been end-of-life for like 3-4 years.

I suspect something else ...

> Of course after quitting smart, nothing worked concerning package
> management. Neither rpm, rpmbuild, yum, smart.....
>
> I've tried to get back the binaries from previous backup and other
> machines, but I still have some difficulties (rpm -ql work, but rpm
> -qi not). I did not success in reinstalling rpm-python. So no yum, no
> smart...
>
> I think that smart may prevent by default an rpm downgrading (and it
> may be the same with apt, and others package management systems)....
>
> If any of you has a simple way to get the rpm bakc in a sain state,
> I'm interested.
>

Try rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* first, verify functionality with "rpm -qa".

Otherwise send me the output of
     ls -al /var/lib/rpm
to me privately and I'll get your database sorted out.


73 de Jeff