Brian
Sounds like the RPM db is corrupted.
Try to rebuild the RPM db using instructions at:
http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just tried to rpm -e my MySQL 3.x rpms in preparation for MySQL 4
>> when I ran into a bit of trouble.
>>
>> After trying to # rpm -e mysqlclient9-3.23.22-6 I ended up having to
>> kill -9 the process after 15 minutes since it seemed to stop
>> responding.
>>
>> Now every time I try any rpm query/update/delete, the process goes into
>> sleep mode and has to be terminated with a kill -9. The output of ps
>> does not show any "rpm" commands running, and lsof shows the following
>> rpm-related files in use when rpm isn't stuck in sleep mode:
>>
>> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rpm404module.so
>> /usr/lib/librpm-4.0.4.so
>> /usr/lib/librpmdb-4.0.4.so
>> /usr/lib/librpmio-4.0.4.so
>>
>> Any ides how I can get rpm responding once more? I'd like to avoid a
>> reboot, if at all possible.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Brian Curtis
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