[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] RPM DB query creates DB directory and files (Issue #2572)

[Shreenidhi Shedi]

If a query is run specifying a non existent dbpath, rpm implictly creates a db directory and db files at the specified location.

For example:
```
mkdir t
cd t
rpm -q rpm --dbpath $PWD/t
```

The above commands result in:
```
root at ph5dev:~ # mkdir t
mkdir: created directory 't'
root at ph5dev:~ # cd t
/root/t
root at ph5dev:~/t # rpm -q rpm --dbpath $PWD/t
package rpm is not installed
root at ph5dev:~/t # ls
t
root at ph5dev:~/t # ls t
rpmdb.sqlite  rpmdb.sqlite-shm  rpmdb.sqlite-wal
root at ph5dev:~/t # realpath t/*
/root/t/t/rpmdb.sqlite
/root/t/t/rpmdb.sqlite-shm
/root/t/t/rpmdb.sqlite-wal
```

And:
```
rpm -q rpm --dbpath /tmp
```
The above command creates sqlite.* files under /tmp


RPM Version:
```
root at ph5dev:~ # rpm --version
RPM version 4.18.0
```

Is this a feature or an intended behavior?

IMO, query commands should query the db and error out if the directory doesn't exist or DB doesn't exist inside the specified directory with a proper error message. Thanks.

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