An rpm query using an alternate file system tree specified with '--root' directive will create directories and RPM database files

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • An rpm query using an alternate file system tree specified with --root directive will create directory structure and index files for database structure specified by --dbpath directive (which defaults to /var/lib/rpm).

    # ls -d /var/tmp/foo/var/lib/rpm/
ls: cannot access '/var/tmp/foo': No such file or directory

# rpm -qa --root /var/tmp/foo

# ls -d /var/tmp/foo/var/lib/rpm/
/var/tmp/foo/var/lib/rpm/

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content