Re: rpm fubar'd after rpm -e failure

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:44:11 -0400, Hal Burgiss wrote:

> Problems, problems...this is upgraded RH8, seemingly running like a
> top. Until I go to remove a package that was installed during the
> install. The rpm -evv hung at:
> 
> warning: /etc/logrotate.d/privoxy saved as
> /etc/logrotate.d/privoxy.rpmsave
> D:     erase: %postun(privoxy-3.0.0-2) asynchronous scriptlet start
> D:     erase: %postun(privoxy-3.0.0-2)  execv(/bin/sh) pid 23986
> + '[' 0 = 0 ']'
> + id privoxy
> + /usr/sbin/userdel privoxy
> + /bin/grep -E '^privoxy:' /etc/group
> + /bin/true
> D:     erase: waitpid(23986) rc 23986 status 0
> D:   --- h#    2271 privoxy-3.0.0-2
> 
> I waited about 30 minutes. No go. No cpu being used at all, just
> sitting there. kill -KILL was the only way to get the prompt back. 
> Now, any and all rpm commands hang. Including 'rpm --rebuilddb'. No
> cpu, no sign of disk activity, nothing. If this was waiting for PID
> 23986 to exit, there was no such PID when I checked.

*** FAQ warning *** 

Run:

  rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
  

Attachment: pgp00099.pgp
Description: PGP signature


[Index of Archives]     [Fedora General Discussion]     [Red Hat General Discussion]     [Centos]     [Kernel]     [Red Hat Install]     [Red Hat Watch]     [Red Hat Development]     [Red Hat 9]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]

  Powered by Linux