Originally posted by: ctremel

after yum.sh run on a virigin lpar without any rpm packages , yum produces this error. manual mkdir of /var/lib/rpm/Packages  fixes this. dont know what was the problem here.

root@aixtest01: /opt/freeware/etc/yum # yum update
AIX_Toolbox                                                                                                                                                                             | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
AIX_Toolbox_72                                                                                                                                                                          | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
AIX_Toolbox_72/primary_db                                                                                                                                                               |  32 kB  00:00:00
AIX_Toolbox_noarch                                                                                                                                                                      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
Setting up Update Process
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/opt/freeware/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 288, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/opt/freeware/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 140, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/opt/freeware/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 440, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/opt/freeware/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 236, in doCommand
    return base.updatePkgs(extcmds, update_to=(basecmd == 'update-to'))
  File "/opt/freeware/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 744, in updatePkgs
    self.update()
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3738, in update
    updates = self.up.getUpdatesTuples()
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 911, in <lambda>
    up = property(fget=lambda self: self._getUpdates(),
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 730, in _getUpdates
    self._up = rpmUtils.updates.Updates(self.rpmdb.simplePkgList(), self.pkgSack.simplePkgList())
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 495, in simplePkgList
    return self.pkglist
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 253, in _get_pkglist
    csumpkgtups = self.preloadPackageChecksums(load_packages=False)
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 965, in preloadPackageChecksums
    rpmdbv = self.simpleVersion(main_only=True)[0]
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 1120, in simpleVersion
    for pkg in sorted(self.returnPackages()):
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 618, in returnPackages
    self._makePackageObject(hdr, idx)
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 1272, in _makePackageObject
    self._cached_rpmdb_mtime = os.path.getmtime(rpmdbfname)
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 62, in getmtime
    return os.stat(filename).st_mtime
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '//var/lib/rpm/Packages'

Originally posted by: sangameshm

/var/lib/rpm is a symlink to /usr/opt/freeware/packages path.

# ls -l /var/lib/rpm
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     system           26 Aug 07 02:32 /var/lib/rpm -> /usr/opt/freeware/packages

Was their any error seen during the update of rpm.rte to latest version as part of yum.sh script ?

Thanks,

Sangamesh

Originally posted by: ctremel

here an excerpt of the output of yum.sh.

Installing rpm.rte at the latest version ...
This may take several minutes depending on the number of rpms installed...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                    Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...done
Results...

SUCCESSES
---------
  Filesets listed in this section passed pre-installation verification
  and will be installed.

  Selected Filesets
  -----------------
  rpm.rte 4.13.0.5                            # RPM Package Manager

  << End of Success Section >>

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                   BUILDDATE Verification ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying build dates...done
FILESET STATISTICS
------------------
    1  Selected to be installed, of which:
        1  Passed pre-installation verification
  ----
    1  Total to be installed

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                         Installing Software...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

installp: APPLYING software for:
        rpm.rte 4.13.0.5

/usr/sbin/rpm_share[470]: /usr/opt/freeware/bin/rpm:  not found


. . . . . << Copyright notice for rpm.rte >> . . . . . . .
 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

 5765H4000
   Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 2000, 2018.
   Copyright The Regents of the University of California, 1990, 1993, 1994.
   Copyright Tom Dyas <tdyas@eden.rutgers.edu>, 1998.
   Copyright W. L. Estes <wlestes@uncg.edu>, 1998.
   Copyright Free Software Foundation, Inc., 1999-2014.
   Copyright The Internet Society (1998).
   Copyright Red Hat, Inc., 1998-2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-2011.
   Copyright Red Hat Software, 1995-2002.
   Copyright Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>, 2004.
   Copyright System Design and Research, 2003.

 All rights reserved.
 US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure
 restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.
. . . . . << End of copyright notice for rpm.rte >>. . . .

##################################################################
  This version of rpm installs files under the path /usr/opt/rpm.
  More detailed information on new changes can be found in
  /usr/opt/rpm/README file.
##################################################################

ln: /usr/lib/libz.a exists.  Specify -f to remove.
ln: /usr/src/packages/packages exists.  Specify -f to remove.
Please wait...
Successfully updated the Kernel Authorization Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Role Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Command Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Device Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Object Domain Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel  Domains Table.
Finished processing all filesets.  (Total time:  51 secs).

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                Summaries:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Installation Summary
--------------------
Name                        Level           Part        Event       Result
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rpm.rte                     4.13.0.5        USR         APPLY       SUCCESS
rpm.rte                     4.13.0.5        ROOT        APPLY       SUCCESS