apt-get has hosed my rpm database

From: Kelvin L. Barnes (dontlike_at_spam.com)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:10:46 GMT

I am looking for a way to remove apt-get and to restore up2date.

I tried out the apt-get application and this has hosed my RPM database on a
RH9 installation. (At least that's what the Red Hat techies told me)

As a result the up2date application does not work.

I tried deleting the __db* files then running rpm --rebuilddb.
The rebuild process works fine but in the end up2date still fails.

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