[TriLUG] 2.4 to 2.6.7 rpm problem

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:33:38PM -0400, Ralph Blach wrote:
> Now when I try and run rpm -qa I get the message rpm -qa
> rpmdb: write: 0xbfffc530, 8192: Invalid argument
> error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> no packages

Known issue with NPTL, 2.6, and old versions of rpm4.

Use: LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.18 rpm -qa ...

The resolution is to upgrade the version of rpm installed.

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Daniel T. Chen          crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
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