rpm-5.4.10-22.i686 loops forever when installing ntpd-4.2.6p5-5.i686.rpm

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 10/22/2012 05:58 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> For a suspected database error in the Conflictname index,
> then comparing the outputs with
>
> /usr/lib/rpm/macros:%_dbi_config_3_Conflictname     %{_dbi_btconfig} %{?_bt_dupsort} debug
>
> may be informative. The access patterns SHOULD be similar.
first one that loops, second one that finishes fine

$ rpm -D '_dbi_config_3_Conflictname     %{_dbi_btconfig} 
%{?_bt_dupsort} debug' -ihv ntpd-4.2.6p5-5.i686.rpm --test 
2>ntpd-conflictdb-debug-morpheus.txt
^C

-> 6.3M
http://carme.pld-linux.org/~glen/ntpd-conflictdb-debug-morpheus.txt

$ rpm -D '_dbi_config_3_Conflictname     %{_dbi_btconfig} 
%{?_bt_dupsort} debug' -ihv ntpd-4.2.6p5-5.i686.rpm --test 
2>ntpd-conflictdb-debug-carme.txt
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
$

-> 19K
http://carme.pld-linux.org/~glen/ntpd-conflictdb-debug-carme.txt

anyway, assuming local db problem, what are my next steps?
i heard rpm --rebuilddb is big no in rpm5, so what do i do to recover?

-- 
glen