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--- packages:rpm [2025-02-12 20:27] – baggins
+++ packages:rpm [2025-02-27 13:03] (current) – arekm
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 ''<nowiki>rpm -qa --nosignature --qf ''</nowiki>'' (which should output nothing) and watch
 if you see errors like those at the end of this message.
-In case you do, just run the below command, which will update rpm db
+In case you do, just run the below command, which will reinstall rpm packages (packages on ftp
-for every bad package with the corrected one.
+were re-signed to correct signatures).
   LC_ALL=C rpm -Va --nofiledigest --nofiles --nodigest 2>&1 | \
   grep 'error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#' | awk '{print $5}' | sort -u | \
-  xargs -r rpm -q --qf='%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' --nosignature --querybynumber | \
+  LC_ALL=C xargs -r rpm -q --qf='%{name}\n' --nosignature --querybynumber | \
   grep -vE 'package1buitmanuallyduetolicense|package2buitmanuallyduetolicense' | \
   xargs -r poldek --reinstall --pmopt=--nosignature
+If you get errors about some packages not available (on ftp) from poldek then try reinstalling one by one:
+  [...] (like above)
+  xargs -n 1 -r poldek --reinstall --pmopt=--nosignature
+And possibly uninstall packages that are no longer available and are not needed.
 Final words - while we could stick to rpmpgp_legacy library for now,