[mythtv-users] Re: apt-get on FC3 still broken?

[Christopher Holmes]

Thanks Axel, The lock files weren't present, but the entry in
/etc/rpm/macros did the trick.

Chris

On 8/2/05, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 05:10:50PM -0400, Christopher Holmes wrote:
> > On 8/2/05, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:29:28PM -0400, Christopher Holmes wrote:
> > > > That's great, but is there a way to fix a buggered system AFTER you're hosed?
> > > > Rpm & apt don't work now and I don't have yum or smart installed.
> > >
> > > What does "rpm don't work" mean?
> 
> > rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented
> > rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock:
> > Function not implemented
> > error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented
> > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38)
> > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> 
> Try rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*. If that doesn't fix it yet, then place the
> following into /etc/rpm/macros:
> 
> %__dbi_cdb  create cdb private mpool mp_mmapsize=16Mb mp_size=1Mb
> 
> Remove it again after upgrading.
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
> 
> 
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