RPM 4.0.2 -- dbpath: unknown option?

Clarke, Trevor CA - Toronto

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I'm attempting to create an RPM database using "/<rpmpath>/rpm --initdb
--dbpath /<rpmdbpath>" but get the message "--dbpath: unknown option".

Can anybody direct me what I should do or what I've done incorrectly?

I'm using RPM 4.0.2 on Solaris 2.6.

Thanks,

Trevor

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Can anybody direct me what I should do =
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Thanks,

Trevor

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Nathan Owen

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Jun 18, 2001, 1:41:02 PM6/18/01

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To me it sounds like rpm is not finding the popt alias file. Try using
"/<rpmpath>/rpm
-vv --initdb --define '_dbpath /<rpmdbpath>'"

rpm looks for the alias file in /usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt-4.0.2. It's hard
coded and there is no way to specify the location at runtime, and best
of all it doesn't complain if it isn't there, you just get VERY strange
responses from rpm (as you've found).

On a related note, does anyone know how much functionality is in
/bin/rpm if this file is not there to specify the exec aliases?

Nathan Owen

> "Clarke, Trevor (CA - Toronto)" wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to create an RPM database using "/<rpmpath>/rpm
> --initdb --dbpath /<rpmdbpath>" but get the message "--dbpath: unknown
> option".
>
> Can anybody direct me what I should do or what I've done incorrectly?
>
> I'm using RPM 4.0.2 on Solaris 2.6.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Trevor
>
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> of my control!)
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Clarke, Trevor CA - Toronto

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Jun 18, 2001, 2:19:52 PM6/18/01

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Thanks Nathan.

When i ran it using the your input below, i got the following message:

"error: Macro % has illegal name (%define)"

The command line is being run from an install file for another system. The
installation continues even though this error appears -- however, no rpm db
is created. This is my first time working with RPM and I would assume that
something should be created when i run the command you provided below -- it
this the correct assumption?

Cheers,

Trevor

Nathan Owen

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Nathan Owen

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Jun 18, 2001, 3:06:54 PM6/18/01

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when I run

rpm --initdb --define '_dbpath /var/tmp' -vv

I get the following output:
D: opening db index /var/tmp/Packages create mode=0x102
D: locked db index /var/tmp/Packages
D: closed db index /var/tmp/Packages

and the file /var/tmp/Packages is created.

try running "rpm --define '_dbpath /var/tmp' --eval %_dbpath" to make
sure %_dbpath is being set properly (it should be the same value that
you assigned it in the define argument)

You should be able to use --dbpath instead of the define. Is your
rpmpopt file in the right place?