On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Here rpm stalls. For hours. Until I kill it. Delete the > /var/lib/rpm/__db* files and run 'rpm --rebuilddb' (ignoring the bogus > 'error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy' > message). > > ... > > Has anyone else noticed this behavior with rpm-4.2-0.69? It appears that > something is corrupting my database between uses. The database isn't corrupt, just locked with a stale lock. Removing the __db files is probably enough to free the system, rebuilding is likely to be superfluous. The rpm packages from www.rpm.org, and presumably also those from rawhide should be less prone to hang. Michael Young
