How to determine which Berkeley DB version is used for RPM's database?
I am attempting to read and write the RPM database located in /var/lib/rpm under CentOS 5, and eventually other system types (CentOS 6, RHEL, etc.)
The problem is that I don't know what version of Berkeley DB is being used.
The file command on the database file reports "data".
I tried opening the database using Berkeley DB versions 3.3, 4.4 and 6.1, but that fails with "Invalid argument".
Here is the code I am using (this for 4.4/6.1)
int main()
{
#define DATABASE "__db.001"
DB *dbp;
int ret;
if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %sn", db_strerror(ret));
exit (1);
}
if ((ret = dbp->open(
dbp, NULL, DATABASE, NULL, DB_UNKNOWN, 0, 0664)) != 0) {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", DATABASE);
exit(1);
}
}
Any hints about what is going wrong?
rpm c database
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I am attempting to read and write the RPM database located in /var/lib/rpm under CentOS 5, and eventually other system types (CentOS 6, RHEL, etc.)
The problem is that I don't know what version of Berkeley DB is being used.
The file command on the database file reports "data".
I tried opening the database using Berkeley DB versions 3.3, 4.4 and 6.1, but that fails with "Invalid argument".
Here is the code I am using (this for 4.4/6.1)
int main()
{
#define DATABASE "__db.001"
DB *dbp;
int ret;
if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %sn", db_strerror(ret));
exit (1);
}
if ((ret = dbp->open(
dbp, NULL, DATABASE, NULL, DB_UNKNOWN, 0, 0664)) != 0) {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", DATABASE);
exit(1);
}
}
Any hints about what is going wrong?
rpm c database
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
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asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
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I am attempting to read and write the RPM database located in /var/lib/rpm under CentOS 5, and eventually other system types (CentOS 6, RHEL, etc.)
The problem is that I don't know what version of Berkeley DB is being used.
The file command on the database file reports "data".
I tried opening the database using Berkeley DB versions 3.3, 4.4 and 6.1, but that fails with "Invalid argument".
Here is the code I am using (this for 4.4/6.1)
int main()
{
#define DATABASE "__db.001"
DB *dbp;
int ret;
if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %sn", db_strerror(ret));
exit (1);
}
if ((ret = dbp->open(
dbp, NULL, DATABASE, NULL, DB_UNKNOWN, 0, 0664)) != 0) {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", DATABASE);
exit(1);
}
}
Any hints about what is going wrong?
rpm c database
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
I am attempting to read and write the RPM database located in /var/lib/rpm under CentOS 5, and eventually other system types (CentOS 6, RHEL, etc.)
The problem is that I don't know what version of Berkeley DB is being used.
The file command on the database file reports "data".
I tried opening the database using Berkeley DB versions 3.3, 4.4 and 6.1, but that fails with "Invalid argument".
Here is the code I am using (this for 4.4/6.1)
int main()
{
#define DATABASE "__db.001"
DB *dbp;
int ret;
if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %sn", db_strerror(ret));
exit (1);
}
if ((ret = dbp->open(
dbp, NULL, DATABASE, NULL, DB_UNKNOWN, 0, 0664)) != 0) {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", DATABASE);
exit(1);
}
}
Any hints about what is going wrong?
rpm c database
rpm c database
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
edited Jun 17 '15 at 2:59
Braiam
23.7k2077140
23.7k2077140
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
asked Jun 17 '15 at 2:46
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
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It turns out that the files in /var/lib/rpm with db in their names are not Berkeley database files. The files with no db in their names are Berkeley database files.
So trying to open a file named __db.001 is the wrong thing to do.
(Thought about just deleting the question, but other people may run into this).
answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
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It turns out that the files in /var/lib/rpm with db in their names are not Berkeley database files. The files with no db in their names are Berkeley database files.
So trying to open a file named __db.001 is the wrong thing to do.
(Thought about just deleting the question, but other people may run into this).
answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
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It turns out that the files in /var/lib/rpm with db in their names are not Berkeley database files. The files with no db in their names are Berkeley database files.
So trying to open a file named __db.001 is the wrong thing to do.
(Thought about just deleting the question, but other people may run into this).
answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
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It turns out that the files in /var/lib/rpm with db in their names are not Berkeley database files. The files with no db in their names are Berkeley database files.
So trying to open a file named __db.001 is the wrong thing to do.
(Thought about just deleting the question, but other people may run into this).
answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
1064
It turns out that the files in /var/lib/rpm with db in their names are not Berkeley database files. The files with no db in their names are Berkeley database files.
So trying to open a file named __db.001 is the wrong thing to do.
(Thought about just deleting the question, but other people may run into this).
answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
Craig S. AndersonCraig S. Anderson
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answered Jun 17 '15 at 2:57
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