Re: [apt4rpm-suse] Can not open RPM database

[Leendert M. <lee...@ho...>]

Op Thursday 11 March 2004 20:48 schreef Richard Bos:
> Op donderdag 11 maart 2004 12:26, schreef Leendert Meyer:
<snip>
> > # error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> > # error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> Ah this one again :(
>
> > > - Even SuSEconfig is run (!)
> >
> > And IMO that should not happen if *no* package was installed.
>
> It is fixed in the development version.  I hope that it will be released
> soon.
>
> > > - Exec dialog closes
> > > - Error dialog opens: "Could not open RPM database"
> > > - km_nvidia is still installed
> > >
> > > ws-02:/home/leen # cd /var/lib/rpm
> > > ws-02:/var/lib/rpm # /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat -CA
> > > db_stat: DB_ENV->open: No such file or directory
> >
> > Where is the cause? In my system or in synaptic?

Tried to install knews: no hickups.
Tried to install km_nvidia (for testing): hickup:
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
apt executing: /sbin/SuSEconfig

And what does apt do after 'apt-get install km_nvidia':
<snip>
After unpacking 221kB of additional disk space will be used.
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
apt executing: /sbin/SuSEconfig
<snip>

Aha.

> Around apt libs.  What would be interesting to know: do you see the same
> thing when using apt from the command line.
>
> After that you can add the argument -o RPM::PM=external to the apt or
> synaptic command and it will most likely install the packages, like;
> apt -o RPM::PM=external install <pkg>

Ok: apt -o RPM::PM=external install km_nvidia
<snip>
Signature checking is not supported when RPM::PM = external
Executing RPM (-Uvh)...
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:km_nvidia              ########################################### [100%]
Done.
apt executing: /sbin/SuSEconfig
<snip>

IOW: flawless! As did 'synaptic -o RPM::PM=external' (removed km_nvidia).

Indeed, the install/remove operations were well handled.

> -o RPM::PM=external: causes apt to use /bin/rpm instead of the rpm library
> functions.  The thing to be investigated is if apt is to blame or rpm.  The
> latter is heavily patch by suse.

FWIW: I'm running
- SuSE 9.0, updated
- KDE 3.2.1
- kernel-default-2.6.4-0
- lua-5.0-rb3
- synaptic-0.47-rb3
- apt-0.5.15cnc5-rb5
- apt-libs-0.5.15cnc5-rb5

(Nice to know that Gustavo is watching over our shoulders ;)

Cheers,

Leen