-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

My RPM database thinks I have nothing installed.  How do I fix it?

Today I ran a normal 'apt-get update' on my Fedora Core 2 box.  It went out 
and hit the usual repositories, getting updated lists in some cases.  Fine.

I ran 'apt-get upgrade' and it came back with:

# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
#

OK.  I expect there to be something to upgrade.

So a cranked up synaptic.  It shows that nothing is installed!  Um... I am 
using a running system so lots of things are already installed!

As another test I ran:

# apt-get install bash
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
   basesystem (8.0-3)
   filesystem (2.2.4-1)
   glibc (2.3.3-27.1)
   glibc-common (2.3.3-27.1)
   libgcc (3.3.3-7)
   libtermcap (2.0.8-38)
   mktemp (1.5-7)
   setup (2.5.33-1)
   termcap (11.0.1-18.1)
   tzdata (2005c-1.fc2)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   basesystem (8.0-3)
   bash (2.05b-38)
   filesystem (2.2.4-1)
   glibc (2.3.3-27.1)
   glibc-common (2.3.3-27.1)
   libgcc (3.3.3-7)
   libtermcap (2.0.8-38)
   mktemp (1.5-7)
   setup (2.5.33-1)
   termcap (11.0.1-18.1)
   tzdata (2005c-1.fc2)
0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/22.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 68.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]n
#

I ran 'rpm --rebuilddb' which returned a prompt in about .2 seconds.  Then, 
rerunning the 'apt-get install bash' command with the same results as above.

I have come up dry in my online search (google, fedoraforum.org, 
linuxquestions.org) but it is obvious that my rpm database is completely 
blown away, somehow.  Thus my question:  How do I restore it?

Alan
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFCBjvH0VxxIfjPXe4RAvbeAJkB9wbUMKyytBseQU5w+PzX6SPGngCeJNIZ
K0fKac0YLAbaRPaHMnNjotI=
=Ykr4
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss