On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 12:04, Warren Togami wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 09:09, Tuan Hoang wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It seems like my RPM database is either stuck or confused. What were the > > commands to delete & rebuild it? Also does anyone know what's causing > > this problem? > > > > It seems to have happened when I rebuilt a SRPM and then tried to install > > the resulting binary RPM. > > > > Thanks, > > Tuan > > rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__* > rpm --rebuilddb > > I think rebooting will do the first step, but not the second step. > ---- I think rebooting is a concept best left to windows & macintosh rebooting is only necessary to change the kernel that you are using. I don't recall anything that would leave me to believe that rebooting would do the equivalent of rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/__* Rebooting might however kill any rpm or up2date processes that are 'hung' and that would be necessary for those who don't know how to find these processes and kill them. Craig -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
