--- rpm-5.4.10/rpmdb/DB_CONFIG.in~	2012-02-18 20:19:37.000000000 +0100
+++ rpm-5.4.10/rpmdb/DB_CONFIG.in	2012-11-22 17:32:56.647805060 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 set_lg_dir ./log
 set_tmp_dir ./tmp
 
+# prevent recovery logs (log/log.*) from growing forever and keep only active log by default
+# this makes BDB "catastrophic" (re-creation of db from logs) recovery impossible
+log_set_config DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE
+
 # -- thread_count must be >= 8
 set_thread_count 64