rpm database file corrupt

From: Alex Angerhofer (alex@physical36.chem.ufl.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 17:02:26 PDT

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    From: Alex Angerhofer <alex@physical36.chem.ufl.edu>
Message-Id: <200008230002.TAA09412@physical36.chem.ufl.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:02:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: rpm database file corrupt

     Hi List,

    While upgrading my Alpha box with the latest SuSE 6.4 version I ran
    into a problem. The file /var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm
    ended up giving input/output errors stalling the upgrade about
    mid-way through. Is there a way to repair this file? will rpm
    --rebuilddb do that? What happens if I just disable the file (e.g.,
    by renaming it) and then try to rebuild the database? The fault is
    probably due to a disk problem as I ran into other bad blocks on
    it recently. So, in the long term a disk replacement seems in order.
    I guess, I was just wondering whether I could easily complete the
    upgrade on the limping system until I get a replacement disk in.

    Best regards, Alex.

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