Old RPM database out of sync with installed packages

[Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm running Centos 5.6, and have moved my /var/ partition to 
a spare hard drive. It worked OK untill Wednesday night, 
when it got the click-of-death. So I have now replaced that 
defunct drive with another one. Problem is my up to date 
/var/lib/rpm/ directory was trashed on the dead drive.

I have been backing up the /var/lib/rpm/Packages file 
nightly, and my latest copy is only 2 days old.

I have copied files from my original /var directory from the 
root partition, but these are dated Jan 2011. I have 
installed alot of other stuff since that date, so this is 
totally out of sync with what's actually installed on the 
system.

Is there some way I can use my backed up copies of 
/var/lib/rpm/Packages to get the RPM database back in sync 
with what's actually installed please?

I understand that this is the only file I need to do a fresh 
rebuild of the RPM database, but am not sure how to go about 
doing it.

Any help would be really much appreciated, as I don't want 
to have to do a fresh installation right now.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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