Mike Vanecek wrote: > Doing a rpm -ivh, rpm hung, went to do the standard > rm of the __db lock files and then rebuilddb, however I did a In most cases rebuilddb is unnecessary, removing the lock files is enough. > rm /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/__db* instead of a > rm /var/lib/rpm/__db* > So what did I totally mess up by deleting the wrong __db files? The files are from the rpmdb-redhat package (or maybe the other way round), which basically contains an rpm database for a fully installed, unpatched system, and is used by rpm to suggest resolutions for missing dependencies. As this database is effectively read only, deleting the __db files is almost certainly harmless. Michael Young
