On 2019-12-14 08:40, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Ed Greshko writes: > >> FWIW, I would find that quite odd. >> >> dnfdragora being a graphic tool which, AFAIK, won't do any upgrades unless one specifically tells it >> to preform. > > I have had a few mental lapses, and SIGKILLed stuff that, as far as I knew, wasn't installing anything but only reading the RPM DBs. > > I still ended up with RPM whining about bdb locks being left behind, and refusing to do anything until I manually fix it, in some form or fashion. > Right, I could see that happening. That is leaving one in a situation where they had to clear some locks before being able to do proper updates. But, I don't see that having the effect of breaking the system so it could not boot. But, since Bob has decided to abandon efforts to fix what happened. :-) -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
