[Dclug] [Novalug] A linux question--rpm/yum info--more data

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

I have found that "rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*" works nicer than trusting 
yum to clean things up.

As for your libstdc++ dilemma, perhaps the thing to do is rpm -e the 
package followed by a reinstall. And perhaps the '--justdb' option might 
be useful if you really need those libraries to be there.

JIM

Megan Larko wrote:
> greg pryzby wrote:
>> rpm --rebuilddb (MIGHT BE ENOUGH)
>>
>> Without knowing how messed up, check out this link.
>>    http://www.informatimago.com/linux/rpm-rebuilddb.html
>>
>> also, look at the repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/* at the settings to 
>> make sure they are what you expect/want.
> 
> The rpm -qa >> some.file.name   has a correct listing of files.  So the database exists.
> Next oddity.     After running the "rpm -qa" command I did another check using rpm -q:
> 
> [root at crew rpm.downloads]# rpm -q libstdc++
> libstdc++-4.1.2-44.el5
> libstdc++-4.1.2-44.el5
> 
> the above returns correctly while ....
> 
> [root at crew rpm.downloads]# rpm -q compat-libstdc++
> package compat-libstdc++ is not installed
> 
> still returns an incorrect ('not installed' response).   The compat-libstdc++ package provides the 
> /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (i686) and /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 (x86_64) files for the i686 and x86_64 
> packages respectively.    The libstdc++.so.5 files were both created after the rpm -ivh command. 
> They don't "rpm -q"  but they *do*  "rpm -qa".
> 
> Cue "Twilight Zone" music here.
> 
> megan
>>
>> On 09/15/2009 12:34 PM, Megan Larko wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> A linux question.   I was upgrading my yum sources in 
>>> /etc/yum.repos.d/ yesterday to use a new
>>> CentOS 5.3 source.   I did run the commands:
>>>   >>yum clean all
>>>   >>yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates update 
>>> yum* rpm*
>>>
>>> I think I may have messed up my package db.  I install an rpm and the 
>>> system does not think the
>>> package is installed and does think the package is installed depending 
>>> upon the command invoked.
>>>
>>> package compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64.rpm is not installed
>>> [root at crew rpm.downloads]# rpm -ivh 
>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64.rpm
>>> Preparing...                
>>> ########################################### [100%]
>>>     package compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64 is already installed
>>>
>>> Is there a way in which I can restore sanity to my package management 
>>> system?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> megan
>>
>>
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