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Te ocurre algo tal que así:

[root@asus-m4n82 tylerm]# yum update
 Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
 Setting up Update Process
 rpmdb: page 18816: illegal page type or format
 rpmdb: PANIC: Invalid argument
 rpmdb: Packages: pgin failed for page 18816
 error: db4 error(-30974) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
 rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
 error: db4 error(-30974) from dbcursor->c_close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
 No Packages marked for Update
 rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30974) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
 rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
 error: db4 error(-30974) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
 rpmdb: File handles still open at environment close
 rpmdb: Open file handle: /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 rpmdb: Open file handle: /var/lib/rpm/Name
 rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
 error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery

Como hacer para correr "recovery" o "run recovery"

No entres en pánico, la solución es muy sencilla

cd /var/lib/rpm/
rm -fv  __db*
rpm --rebuilddb
yum clean all

¡Y YA ESTÁ!