Re: _rpm.error: rpmdb open failed

Here you go:

/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum -y -c /tmp/genimage.30802.yum.conf 
--installroot=/install/netboot/centos5.4/x86_64/rootimg/ --disablerepo=* 
--enablerepo=centos5.4-x86_64-0 install bc mysql SysVinit control-center 
gnome-applets gnome-panel gnome-session gnome-terminal metacity nautilus 
yelp expect bitmap-fonts desktop-backgrounds-basic xorg-x11-drivers 
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi 
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-misc xorg-x11-fonts-truetype 
xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-xauth xorg-x11-xfs xorg-x11-xinit 
authconfig-gtk bitstream-vera-fonts dejavu-lgc-fonts firstboot gdm 
glx-utils krb5-auth-dialog openssh-askpass pirut pup rhgb 
rhn-setup-gnome system-config-date system-config-display 
system-config-network system-config-printer-gui system-config-services 
system-config-soundcard system-config-users vnc-server wdaemon 
xorg-x11-apps xorg-x11-twm xterm nss_ldap glx-utils dbus-x11 acl acpid 
amtu aspell at attr authconfig autoconf automake14 automake15 automake16 
automake17 automake byacc ccid conman crash cscope ctags diffstat 
dos2unix doxygen dump ed fbset findutils finger fipscheck flex gettext 
glib gnupg hdparm imake indent kbd libdmx libevent libhugetlbfs libpfm 
libtool libXfont libXi libXpm libXau libXtst libXres libXaw libXrender 
libXft libXext libXmu libXi libXxf86vm libXv libXScrnSaver libXfontcache 
libXt libXp libXres libXfontcache libXft libXdmcp libXau libXrender 
libXrandr libXxf86misc libXfixes libXevie libX11 libXfixes libXrandr 
libXxf86vm libXdmcp libXt libXinerama libXcursor libXTrap libXpm libXext 
libXcursor libXTrap libX11 libXp libXxf86dga libXmu libXinerama lsof 
mcelog mdadm mgetty mkbootdisk mlocate mtools mtr nc neon nscd oddjob 
pax pfmon pinfo pirut pstack pycairo pygtk2 pyorbit pyparted pyspi quota 
rdist readahead rhgb rhpl rhpxl rmt rootfiles screen setarch setools 
setserial setuptool sos sox specspo splint sudo swig symlinks syslinux 
talk tmpwatch tree unix2dos valgrind vconfig vte wdaemon words xdelta 
xmlsec1 xsri xulrunner yelp zip aspell-en authconfig-gtk bitmap-fonts 
bitstream-vera-fonts ifd-egate oddjob-libs pcsc-lite pkinit-nss 
pygtk2-libglade rng-utils zisofs-tools nspr unixODBC gnome-utils 
gnome-session gftp mesa-libGLU blas lapack rcs flex texinfo glibc-devel 
boost boost-devel bison curl postgresql-libs squashfs-tools tclx 
tclx-devel apr apr-devel make ksh net-snmp-utils sendmail bash nfs-utils 
stunnel dhclient kernel openssh-server openssh-clients busybox-anaconda 
wget OpenIPMI OpenIPMI-libs OpenIPMI-devel OpenIPMI-perl OpenIPMI-python 
OpenIPMI-tools anacron binutils bind-utils compat-db compat-gcc-34 
compat-gcc-34-c++ compat-gcc-34-g77 compat-glibc compat-glibc-headers 
compat-libcom_err compat-libf2c-34 compat-libgcc-296 
compat-libstdc++-296 compat-libstdc++-33 compat-openldap 
compat-readline43 compat-slang coreutils file findutils gawk nano nmap 
ntp openmpi openmpi-devel perl psacct psmisc psutils readline 
readline-devel rcs rpm rpm-build rsh rsh-server rsync smartmontools 
stunnel strace star sysfsutils sysklogd sysstat tcl tcl-devel tclx 
tclx-devel tcpdump tcp_wrappers tcsh telnet telnet-server tftp time tix 
tix-devel tk tk-devel traceroute tzdata-2008i-1 vim-common vim-enhanced 
vim-minimal vixie-cron which ypbind yp-tools zsh eject fontconfig 
conftconfig-devel ftp freetype freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ gcc-g77 gdb 
libaio libaio-devel libart_lgpl libattr libcap libevent libevent-devel 
libf2c libgcc libgcrypt libgpg-error libgssapi libgssapi-devel libidn 
libjpeg libmng libmng-static libogg libpcap libpng libuser libxml2 
libxml2-python man minicom ntsysv openmotif22 openmotif openmotif-devel 
openmotif21 pam pam_ccreds pam_krb5 pam_passwdqc pam_smb passwd rdate 
tar vnc vnc-server xterm yum yum-changelog yum-fastestmirror yum-keys 
yum-list-data yum-metadata-parser yum-tmprepo yum-updatesd 
yum-upgrade-helper yum-utils yum-verify zlib zlib-devel sharutils 
jpackage-utils jwhois libutempter sos util-linux openssl097a kdebase.x86_64


Contents of /tmp/genimage.30802.yum.conf:
[centos5.4-x86_64-0]
name=centos5.4-x86_64-0
baseurl=file:///install/centos5.4/x86_64
gpgpcheck=0




On 7/5/2013 11:29 AM, Chris Kittlitz wrote:
> What command are you executing?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Russell Jones <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Can anyone assist me with understanding what the below error
>     means? This occurs when doing a "yum install" into a rootdir with
>     CentOS 5 packages on a CentOS 6.4 server. This only occurs
>     specifically with CentOS 6.4, if I do the exact same command on
>     CentOS 6.3 it works fine. Thank you in advance for the help!
>
>
>
>       Installing : compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.x86_64 713/714
>
>       Installing : compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386 714/714
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
>         yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>       File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 285, in user_main
>         errcode = main(args)
>       File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 219, in main
>         return_code = base.doTransaction()
>       File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 586, in doTransaction
>         resultobject = self.runTransaction(cb=cb)
>       File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line
>     1588, in runTransaction
>     self.rpmdb.dropCachedDataPostTransaction(list(self.tsInfo))
>       File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line
>     343, in dropCachedDataPostTransaction
>         pkg = self.searchNevra(n, e, v, r, a)
>       File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line
>     1197, in searchNevra
>         return self._search(name, epoch, ver, rel, arch)
>       File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line
>     1271, in _search
>         mi = ts.dbMatch('name', name)
>     _rpm.error: rpmdb open failed
>     yum invocation failed
>
>
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