Re: RPM chicken or egg problem

["Rob Brown-Bayliss" <on_the_net clear net nz>]

>  Important note: run rpm --rebuilddb just after upgrading to rpm4,
>the database format changed and this is aboslutely needed if you
>don't want to screw your rpm database (who does ?) !

Now why doesn't the rpm post install script do this?  

Is it just me or is this the reason for post install scripts.