Re: DB3, DB4, RPM Errors under Kernel 2.5.74

[John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was a big long discussion of this on the kernel mailing list which 
I've just read.   It seems the problem is to do with the way that rpm 
misuses O_DIRECT (If you don't know what that means then explaining it 
won't help :-)).

You can work around it by setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 in the 
environment for rpm, e.g.

   LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 rpm -Uvh ...

Having done this to upgrade to RPM 4.2.1 (along with popt and beecrypt) 
I can confirm that this works.   And RPM 4.2.1 works without the 
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 thing -- although something needed restarting 
that a reboot restarted :-)  I wonder if RPM 4.2.1 will make its way 
into the RH9 updates? :-)


jch

Robert L Cochran wrote:

> I got these errors while trying to install gnupg-1.2.1-4.src.rpm on my
> test machine, which is running kernel 2.5.74. Anyone know what they are
> trying to tell me and what the solution is? I kinda wonder if rpm, db3
> and db4 all need to be recompiled under 2.5.74. Or maybe there's a
> 2.5.74 config option or two I should have enabled but didn't?
>
>
>
> [root@xxxx root]# rpm -ivh /home/cochranb/gnupg-1.2.1-4.src.rpm
> rpmdb: unable to join the environment
> error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily
> unavailable (11)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> warning: /home/cochranb/gnupg-1.2.1-4.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
> key ID db42a60e
>   1:gnupg                  ###########################################
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cochran
> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
>