> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benjamin R. Mohilef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: LinNeighborhood > > > FWIW, I have noticed that on very rare occasions rpm has gone > > into "hang" mode (usually when installing a new glibc). The only > > way to clear it was to do a "killall -9 rpm" from another screen. This > > has only happened on the smp boxen running RH 8.0 or Rawhide, > > however. > > > > After some playing --er-- experimentation, I found the only cure was > > a reboot. Rebuilding the rpm data base didn't help.
The problem has to do with the locking of some files... You don't have to reboot to fix it. You just have to remove /var/lib/rpm/__db*. After that, most people recommend that you rebuild the database, but I don't know if it's strictly necessary. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
