IPhoto repairs library every time ?!

Hi iPhoto specialists
Every time I start up iPhoto I get the message "... inconsistency in .. library.... Repair ... ":
I already started iPhoto with the cmd-option keys and rebuilt the library and reset the permissions... several times. The problem remains.
I have MBP / Lion 10.7.2 with all the latest updates for all apps.
Any help suggestions? This is really annoying.

I had to install iPhoto Library Manager and (re)create a new library. That took a few hours (over night). And now it seems to work. No more inconsistencies messages. iPhoto starts up right away.
Actually, I only have - or better had - this issue on my MBP, but not on my iMac 2010. Both are running the exact same versions for the apps and OS X.
Strange that we have to resort to a 3rd party software for one of Apple's workhorses.

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