Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 18:56:51 +0100
From: Arjan Bouter <arjan@primeraholten.nl>
To: ~alpine/apk-tools@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: apk rebuild database?
Message-ID: <20250106185651.69029a37@tonberry>
Organization: Primera Holten
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Hi there,

when I try to use apk to update, add or remove applications I get the
following error:

ERROR: Unable to read database state: package file format error
ERROR: Failed to open apk database: package file format error

Strace shows a bit more info:

read(7, "C:Q1DAq8+0eVL2Ce+rsHzYHUPCmuEy8="..., 131072) = 131072
close(7)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f5d4fdd3000, 135168)          = 0
writev(2, [{iov_base="", iov_len=0}, {iov_base="ERROR: ", iov_len=7}],
2) = 7 writev(2, [{iov_base="Unable to read database state: p"...,
iov_len=56}, {iov_base=NULL, iov_len=0}], 2) = 56 writev(2,
[{iov_base="", iov_len=0}, {iov_base="\n", iov_len=1}], 2) = 1

Is there a way to recreate the database state file?


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Kind regards,
Arjan Bouter