Re: how to reinstall rpm itself on redhat8.0

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 04/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:05:52 +0200


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Dayspot <dayspot2003@yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> Hello,

> For uptime reasons, I won't want to shutdown the machine
> and use the installation CD. Does anyone know of a online
> reinstallation procedure for rpm itself on redhat 8.0?

You can use rpm2cpio and replace the needed files, albeit I'd
checkout why rpm doesn't work anymore, some forced installation
of glibc or alike might be a reason.

Good luck

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