verify vs recover

[David Relson]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:34:59 -0500
Eric Wood wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matthias Andree"
> > Let me guess: later Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux, and a trusty processor
> > that is either not Intel or not of the latest models?  Red Hat and
> > Fedora Core threading setup is a mystery to me, and it adversely affects
> > Berkeley DB usability; bug reports have been filed ages ago, to no
> > avail...
> 
> The rpm database is a Berkeley DB and it too random leaves a __db.001, etc. 
> file hanging around.  The underscore files have to be deleted and the rpm 
> command reran. It usually works the second go round and this problem is 
> semi-rare.
> 
> rpm -i or -u, I think, does file locking the whole database.  bohoutil does 
> as well I gather.  Seems to me that if two programs (rpm and bogoutil) 
> exhibit the same occassional problem on just about every RH or FC distro, 
> the problem points to Berkeley.
> 
> Wonder how other distros store their package data and are they hit be the 
> same problem.
> 
> -eric wood 

Hi Eric,

Indeed rpm _does_ use Berkeley DB.  In years past, I've seen rpm die
and be unable to run because a lock file didn't get cleared.  I've not
yet encountered __db.001 files with rpm.

David

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