CentOS - Oct 2007 - Damaged rpm database?

Hello,

while doing some maintenance on a Centos 4.4 box, I ran rpm -qa --last
and got:

error: rpmdb: damaged header #91 retrieved -- skipping.
...lots of lines identical to the one above and finally:

the_last_package_I_installed_yesterday.rpm
all the other rpms in reverse installation order

I've seen via google that this should mean there is a damaged rpm
database and it should be rebuilt with one or two command, however:

1) how can I find out _why_ the damage happened?
2) what are the right command and options to restore the database?

The examples I've found are 5+ years old, so I'm not really inclined
to run them as they are.

TIA,
	Marco

1)  This could be anything. From file system corruption, to a bug.
 
2)  rpm --rebuilddb will do what you need.
 
--
Steven Haigh
 
Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
Web: http://www.crc.id.au
Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
 
 
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Subject: [CentOS] Damaged rpm database?
 
Hello,
 
while doing some maintenance on a Centos 4.4 box, I ran rpm -qa --last
and got:
 
error: rpmdb: damaged header #91 retrieved -- skipping.
...lots of lines identical to the one above and finally:
 
the_last_package_I_installed_yesterday.rpm
all the other rpms in reverse installation order
 
I've seen via google that this should mean there is a damaged rpm
database and it should be rebuilt with one or two command, however:
 
1) how can I find out _why_ the damage happened?
2) what are the right command and options to restore the database?
 
The examples I've found are 5+ years old, so I'm not really inclined
to run them as they are.
 
TIA,
      Marco
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On 10/6/07, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
> 2)  rpm ?-rebuilddb will do what you need.
Run this command with lots of caution.  Take a look at this page:

http://www.oldrpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/

and try a step-by-step repair procedure.

Akemi