RPM or DNF commands fail with "database or disk is full"
Issue
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When running
RPMorDNFcommands (such asrpm --rebuilddb,rpm -ev, ordnf update), the operation fails with one of the following error messages:error: sqlite failure: CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS 'Basenames_key_idx' ON 'Basenames'(key ASC): database or disk is full error: cannot open Basenames index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpmerror: DELETE FROM 'Basenames' WHERE hnum=?: 13: database or disk is full error: sqlite failure: RELEASE 'Basenames': no such savepoint: Basenames error: sqlite failure: RELEASE 'rwlock': no such savepoint: rwlock -
Running
sqlite3 /var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite "VACUUM;"returns a similar error:# sqlite3 /var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite "VACUUM;" Error: database or disk is full
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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