On Thursday 13 November 2008 19:45:34 Rick Stevens wrote:
"rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.*" deletes the RPM database. You
really should
follow that up with a "rpm --rebuilddb" or RPM will get very confused.
I don't think so at least for some time.
BTW this can be found in the initscripts (/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit)
# Clean up /var.
rm -rf /var/lock/cvs/* /var/run/screen/*
find /var/lock /var/run ! -type d -exec rm -f {} \;
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* &> /dev/null
rm -f /var/gdm/.gdmfifo &> /dev/null
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José Abílio