On Wednesday 30 April 2003 7:36 pm, Mike Vanecek wrote: > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, 1 May 2003 00:42:00 +0100 (BST) > Subject: Re: Wrong __dbs deleted > > > Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > Still trying to figure out why I got an error rebuilding > > > > > > [root@xxx rpm]# rpm --rebuilddb > > > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy > > > > Ignore it, the error isn't important. > > OK. However, I am paranoid ... I had not seen it until after the rpm > system got hung. What is the error telling me and why does it occur? > > > > Tried running --initdb ... > > > > Oh dear, you appear to have wiped out your database. You now need > > to restore it from backups, or remember what packages you had > > installed (look in /var/log/rpm*) and use rpm --justdb for each > > package to recreate it. In some cases it is simpler to re-install. > > I did a rebuilddb and everything seems to be in the db. I did a rpm > -q for all the packages I know I installed and they pop right up. I > thought that --initd created the db and --rebuilddb rebuilt it based > on the stored headers? > > In any event, I'd still like to know more about db4 error(16)? >From the archieves (april) Re: rpm --rebuild error From: Michael Fratoni <mfratoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > # rpm --rebuild > > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy > > > > Translation please??? > > The RPM database is locked... Are you running on a 2.5 kernel? > > If not, "rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/__*", then retry the operation. > If yes, upgrade to rpm-4.2-1, it fixes the problems. No, the above is "normal" output. >From another list, in a posting from Jeff Johnson at Red Hat: "There's nothing really wrong. The dbenv is used by two opens of /var/lib/rpm indices, one early to grab public keys, the other later when installing. There's an attempt to remove the environment from the 1st instance close, fails because the environment is still in use by the second instance, harmless but noisy."
