On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 01:21, Craig White wrote: > 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. [ryan@vanessa]:[/etc/rc.d]$ grep -R var/lib/rpm * rc.sysinit:rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* That will "do the equivalent of rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/__*" Finding the hung processes and killing them does not solve this problem. Have you experienced this problem? Ignorant comments were not solicited. -Ryan > Craig > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Powered by Red Hat Linux 8.0 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
