With the migration of Mandriva from rpm 4.6 to rpm 5.x, upgrading from a previous Mandriva release is not straightforward. So here are some tips to have a smooth upgrade :
- Install the perl-URPM 3.37 package available in main/testing repository ( 32 bits link, 64 bits link )
- remove all your current media :
urpmi.removemedia -a - add cooker media :
urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/basic.cooker.$ARCH.list' - upgrade your Mandriva installation :
urpmi --auto-update
If you have issues and error message like Unable to open /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc for reading then it means that perl-URPM have not been updated and the rpm database conversion is not complete. Indeed part of the conversion of the rpm database is handled by perl-URPM, so if the new version is not installed, then your database end up not being completly converted. So to do this, you will have to download the latest perl-URPM version in cooker repository, extract its content with rpm2cpio, and then initiate the conversion :
- download the perl-URPM 4 and urpmi packages in cooker main/release repository in /tmp/rpm5
- as root, go the previous directory :
cd /tmp/rpm5 - extract perl-URPM content with rpm2cpio in the current /tmp/rpm5 directory :
rpm2cpio perl-URPM-4*.rpm | cpio -idmv - extract urpmi package content with rpm2cpio in the current /rpm/rpm5 directory :
rpm2cpio urpmi*.rpm | cpio -idmv - in the /tmp/rpm5 initiate the rpm database conversion :
perl -I. -Murpm -e 'URPM::DB::convert("/", "btree", 1, 1)' - now install the urpmi and perl-URPM package :
rpm -Uvh *.rpm - You can finish to upgrade your system :
urpmi --auto-update
Normally you system should be updated to the latest cooker release. Happy testing !!! 
Does this also work for coming from 2010.2?
yes. 2010.2 is just 2010.1 + security/bugfixes updates that you can find in main/updates and contrib/updates
Thank you for this tutorial. Some commands you give don’t work using copy/paste in the console
unfortunately, the last one never pass regardless of the syntax :
[root@localhost ~]# cd /tmp/rpm5/
[root@localhost rpm5]#
[root@localhost rpm5]# rpm2cpio perl-URPM-4*.rpm | cpio -idmv
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM.pm
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Build.pm
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Query.pm
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Signature.pm
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/URPM
./usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/URPM/URPM.so
./usr/share/doc/perl-URPM
./usr/share/doc/perl-URPM/ChangeLog
./usr/share/doc/perl-URPM/README
./usr/share/man/man3/URPM.3pm.xz
1008 blocs
[root@localhost rpm5]# perl -I. -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(“/”, “btree”, 1, 1)’
Unrecognized character \xE2 in column 19 at -e line 1.
[root@localhost rpm5]# rpm2cpio perl-URPM-4*.rpm | cpio -idmv^C
[root@localhost rpm5]# perl -I. -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(“/”, “btree”, 1, 1)’
-bash: Erreur de syntaxe près du symbole inattendu « ( »
[root@localhost rpm5]# perl -I. -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(« / », « btree », 1, 1)’
-bash: Erreur de syntaxe près du symbole inattendu « ( »
[root@localhost rpm5]# perl -I. -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(« / », « btree », 1, 1)’
-bash: Erreur de syntaxe près du symbole inattendu « ( »
[root@localhost rpm5]# perl -I. -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(« / », « btree », 1, 1)’
Undefined subroutine &URPM::DB::convert called at -e line 1.
[root@localhost rpm5]#
What’s wrong ?
strange, especially concerning the caracter error.
2 possibilities :
1. issues with the caracter when doing a copy/paste. Be sure to use accordingly the ‘ ( under the 4 key ) and » ( under the 3 key ) by replacing them manuelly
2. if the former doesn’t work, then try this :
cd /
rpm2cpio /tmp/rpm5/perl-URPM* | cpio -idmv
perl -Murpm -e ‘URPM::DB::convert(« / », « btree », 1, 1)’
For the bad caracters, it’s Ok
For the second point see here : http://pastebin.com/dh3LvzUe
Better look here : http://pastebin.com/ZvKTJZwz
What’s happen if you do extract urpmi-6.47-1-mdv2011.0.noarch.rpm too ?
Hey just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem
to be running off the screen in Ie. I’m not sure if this is a formatting issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I thought I’d
post to let you know. The layout look great though! Hope you get the issue fixed
soon. Thanks