Cookbook version

cookbook 'lvm', '~> 4.5.3'

Chef-client version

chef-14.7.17

Platform Details

redhat 7

Scenario:

We often see Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db5 error(-30973) when chef-client attempt so run across our environments. We would need to do the following on the OS to fix issue: rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* and then rpm --rebuilddb

Details on this one:
yum_package[lvm2] (lvm::default line 20) had an error: RuntimeError: yum-helper.py had stderr/stdout output: error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 98402/140067491477568 failed: BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db5 error(-30973) from dbenv->failchk: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db5 - (-30973) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 98402/140067491477568 failed: BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db5 error(-30973) from dbenv->failchk: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/chef-14.7.17/lib/chef/provider/package/yum/yum_helper.py", line 203, in query(command) File "/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/chef-14.7.17/lib/chef/provider/package/yum/yum_helper.py", line 88, in query enabled_repos = base.repos.listEnabled() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/init.py", line 1071, in repos = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepos(), File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/init.py", line 686, in _getRepos self.conf # touch the config class first File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/init.py", line 1079, in conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(), File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/init.py", line 349, in _getConfig startupconf = config.readStartupConfig(fn, root, releasever) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 1115, in readStartupConfig startupconf.distroverpkg) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 1260, in _getsysver raise Errors.YumBaseError("Error: " + str(e)) yum.Errors.YumBaseError: Error: rpmdb open failed

This one would come from:
https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/lvm

https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/lvm/blob/master/recipes/default.rb

LINE 20 it attempts is:
package 'lvm2'

Steps to Reproduce:

[If you are filing an issue what are the things we need to do in order to repro your problem? How are you using this cookbook or any resources it includes?]

Expected Result:

chef-client run successful

Actual Result:

chef-client fails once it get to lvm2 package