Hi  Sriram,

Thanks for your reply.
The dbpath in my case is set properly as usr/local/rpm5. root assigned as
/tmp is supposed to create the rpmdb using dbpath /tmp/usr/local/rpm5/.
I am already working with RPM 5.1.9 compiled with internal Berkley and
everything works fine, except when I try to use the same dbpath to be
queried by RPM 4.8 causing RPMDB incompatibility.

Thanks and Regards,
Bishwajit


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sriram Narayanan <sriram@belenix.org>
> Date: Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Compiling RPM-5.1.9 with external Berkley
> To: rpm-users@rpm5.org
>
>
> Let me try quoting that error again: Please see the error referring to a
> specific path -> "rpmdb: stat: /tmp/usr/local/rpm5/__db.
> Basenames: No such file or directory"
>
> See this for more info:
>
>
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/ch19s03.html
>
> -- Ram
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram@belenix.org>wrote:
>
>> What's your rpmdb path ?
>>
>> Please see the error:
>>
>> rpmdb: stat: /tmp/usr/local/rpm5/__db.Basenames: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:17 AM, bishwajit goswami <
>> bswjt.callmebish@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We use Berkley DB 4.8 for some DB transactions. The DB utilities are
>>> already exported for Berkley DB 4.8. Berkley 4.8 is also used in our case
>>> to link with RPM 4.8.
>>>
>>> However, we are planning to migrate to RPM 5.1.9. As part of this
>>> migration, I am able to compile RPM 5.1.9 externally with Berkley 4.8. I
>>> can also use the built rpm for queries etc.
>>>
>>> The problem comes when I try to install a package with --nodeps and
>>> initialize an RPMDB. A snippet is pasted below:
>>>
>>> [root@bgl-ng-install-vxr1 rpm-5.1.9]# ./rpm -ivh --nodeps --root=/tmp
>>> /tmp/cai-pkg-ncs6k-64.rp_lc-5.0.0-Default.x86_64.rpm
>>>
>>> Preparing...                rpmdb: DB_ENV->add_data_dir: method not
>>> permitted after handle's open method
>>>
>>> rpmdb: stat: /tmp/usr/local/rpm5/__db.Basenames: No such file or
>>> directory
>>>
>>> rpmdb: Basenames: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> error: cannot open Basenames(1117) index using db3 - No such file or
>>> directory (2)
>>>
>>> rpm: rpmdb.c:3693: rpmdbFindFpList: Assertion mi !=3D ((void *)0)&#39;
>>> failed.</p>
>>>
>>> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"
>>> style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">=
>>> Aborted (core dumped)</p>
>>>
>>> <br></div><div>I am not sure what sort of changes would be needed to get
>>> th=
>>> is working. <br></div><div>I looked over the forum but failed to find
>>> any p=
>>> atches available for RPM 5.1.9 to support external
>>> Berkley.<br></div><div>
>>>
>>> <br><br></div>Thanks and Regards,<br><div><div>Bishwajit Goswami<br>
>>> </div></div></div>
>>> </div><br></div>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
>
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>
>


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Bishwajit Goswami
Software Engineer,
Cisco Systems India Pvt. Lmited
Bangalore