-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:07:56 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Yes. Read messages on the list more carefully. It's > > > > rm /var/lib/rpm/__db* > > Actually, I had typed exactly what I had red in a previous message from > this list. It didn't look like that: > Rm -f /var/lib/rpm/_db* With just one underscore in front of "db*" it won't work. Apart from that it's "rm", not "Rm". > And then: > Rpm --rebuilddb Here it's "rpm", not "Rpm". And without option -vv, you wouldn't see whether it still does anything or hangs. > Anyway, when I do this: > > > rpm -vv --rebuilddb > > I get this: > # rpm -vv --rebuilddb > D: rebuilding database /var/lib/rpm into /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.25130 > D: creating directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.25130 > D: opening old database with dbapi 3 > D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 > > It's been sitting on that last part for over 10 minutes now. Does it > typically take longer than that, or is there something else wrong? Provided that you have the stale lock files removed correctly and have killed/terminated all rpm processes and package tools, above command should give lots of output while it's running and should not sit there without any output. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/M7HQ0iMVcrivHFQRAtsqAJ9c01uXQmlWmyTVw4nj+yfc0jWEAgCeOIBa DNiTImkUDy6woD7wu+hNhfY= =0t/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
