Thks a lot for the excellent explanation, Jeff =) ... but, I must say it raised yet another question: these instructions [http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/] explicitely refer to /var/lib/rpm/__db* as lock files, and say they have to be removed prior to a DB rebuild. I am probably mixing apples and oranges, but it seems to go against what you say below. Could you please calrify it a little further? TIA Andre On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:34:08 -0500 Jeff Johnson <jbj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 06:26:50PM -0200, Andre Costa wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I thought /var/lib/rpm/__db.00[123] were lock files, but I see > > they're always there on my box (even when I am not running any > > rpm-related app-- yum, apt-get, rpm, up2date etc.) and rpm seems to > > be fine. Is this ok? > > > > They are not lock files, but rather files that contain lock names. > > See the locks by doing > cd /var/lib/rpm > /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat -CA > > rpmdb_stat is just db_stat from db4-utils, see doco at > www.sleppycat.com > or in the db4-utils package. > > Yes, the __db* files are persistent. > > Yes, there should be no locks displayed when rpm -s not running. > > 73 de Jeff > > -- > Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ > jbj@xxxxxxxxxx (jbj@xxxxxxx) > Chapel Hill, NC > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
