4 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index cc146e296..5a9e9ca7b 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- drop clean_rpmdb_shared_regions() hack which breaks rpmdb
 - fix building with new libX11
 - fix building with xserver-1.9
 - include missing perl modules (#60720)
diff --git a/perl-install/install/media.pm b/perl-install/install/media.pm
index 98ed059d1..ff8021107 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/media.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/media.pm
@@ -912,7 +912,6 @@ sub log_sizes() {
     log::l(sprintf "Installed: %dMB(df), %dMB(rpm)",
 	   ($df[0] - $df[1]) / 1024,
 	   sum(run_program::rooted_get_stdout($::prefix, 'rpm', '-qa', '--queryformat', '%{size}\n')) / 1024 / 1024) if -x "$::prefix/bin/rpm";
-    install::pkgs::clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
index 9a24a6f40..eabba9f16 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
@@ -558,8 +558,6 @@ sub _openInstallLog() {
 sub rpmDbOpen {
     my ($b_rebuild_if_needed) = @_;
 
-    clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
-
     my $need_rebuild = $b_rebuild_if_needed && !URPM::DB::verify($::prefix);
 
     if ($need_rebuild) {
@@ -594,12 +592,7 @@ sub rpmDbOpen {
     $db;
 }
 
-sub clean_rpmdb_shared_regions() {
-    unlink glob("$::prefix/var/lib/rpm/__db.*");
-}
-
 sub open_rpm_db_rw() {
-    clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
     my $db = URPM::DB::open($::prefix, 1);
     $db and log::l("opened rpmdb for writing in $::prefix");
     $db;
@@ -682,8 +675,6 @@ sub install {
     my %packages;
 
     delete $packages->{rpmdb}; #- make sure rpmdb is closed before.
-    #- avoid potential problems with rpm db personality change
-    clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
 
     return if !@$toInstall;
 
@@ -723,8 +714,6 @@ sub install {
     # prevent urpmi from trying to install them again (CHECKME: maybe uneeded):
     $packages->{state} = {};
 
-    clean_rpmdb_shared_regions(); #- workaround librpm which is buggy when using librpm rooted and the just installed rooted library
-
     fs::loopback::save_boot($loop_boot);
 }
 
diff --git a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
index 44bec8571..bbf7dda33 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
@@ -749,13 +749,11 @@ Do you want to install the updates?")),
     #- bring all interface up for installing updates packages.
     install::interactive::upNetwork($o);
 
-    install::pkgs::clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
     if (any::urpmi_add_all_media($o, $o->{previous_release})) {
 	my $binary = find { whereis_binary($_, $::prefix) } 'gurpmi2', 'urpmi' or return;
 	my $log_file = '/root/drakx/updates.log';
 	run_program::rooted($::prefix, $binary, '>>', $log_file, '2>>', $log_file, '--auto-select', '--update');
     }
-    install::pkgs::clean_rpmdb_shared_regions();
 
     #- not downing network, even ppp. We don't care much since it is the end of install :)
 }