Always use DB_PRIVATE. Unfortunately no longer configurable in the macros file. --- ./lib/backend/db3.c.orig 2013-07-12 12:09:45.000000000 +0000 +++ ./lib/backend/db3.c 2013-07-12 12:11:07.000000000 +0000 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int db_init(rpmdb rdb, const char int lockfd = -1; struct dbConfig_s * cfg = &rdb->cfg; /* This is our setup, thou shall not have other setups before us */ - uint32_t eflags = (DB_CREATE|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_CDB); + uint32_t eflags = (DB_CREATE|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_CDB|DB_PRIVATE); if (rdb->db_dbenv != NULL) { rdb->db_opens++;