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 mv /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm/ /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm_ ; mkdir -p /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm ; rpm --root /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm --initdb ; ls -al /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm
mv: cannot overwrite directory `/chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm_/rpm'
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /chroots/tsl-3.0.5/var/lib/rpm/var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
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drwx------  3 root root 4096 Dec 24 00:40 ./
drwx------  4 root root 4096 Dec 24 00:40 ../
drwx------  3 root root 4096 Dec 24 00:40 var/