On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 17:07, Bob Arendt wrote: > Since this is a RPM database anomally, you might try something like: > rpm -e --allmatches --justdb ximian-wallpapers > > Then add the info back: > rpm -U ximian-wallpapers*.rpm > > .. and you can use the --justdb flag on the reinstall/update if > you want save some disk cycles. If this happened with a more > highly connected package (like glibc), frugal use of the --nodeps > flag would permit the erase operation. > > -Bob Arendt Right on. I've removed the duplicate package (wasn't using it anymore, but didn't read the manual page about allmatches to remove it ;) Now I can run (with a workaround) rpm --rebuilddb, I've got no stale locks, no duplicate packages but apt-get update still hangs :( Since the system has been updated from RH7.2->7.3->9.0 I guess some db must be a bit fuzzy, so next time I'll install from scratch... Klaasjan
