On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:22:13 -0500 Jeff Johnson <jbj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 07:21:58PM -0200, Andre Costa wrote: > > > > Please apologize for the confusion. > > No real problem here, it's just that most of a year of my life > has been watsed with __db* files. That has nothing whatsoever > to do with you. I understand, it should be a PITA seeing this surface over and over again. Hoperfully, this thread will help people to don't ask about it again since all that needs to be understood is here. > Try > cd /var/lib/rpm > /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat -CA > and watch the output. Run rpm -qa as root, ^Z out, and you > will se a lock appear. Restart the rpm -qa, run to completion, > watch the lock disappear. I had done this another way: I ran synaptic and tried the rpmdb_stat -CA while it was running. Finally I could see one of these rare creatures ;) > Repeat, but kill the rpm -qa with kill -9, watch a persistent > stale lock be left behind. > > Then try running rpm -qa while installing, as that's the "feature" > that these locks are about, concurrent access. > > In fact, try installing 2 packages simultaneously, that works. > > Can you break concurrent access by installing hundreds of pkgs > simultaneously? Sure, feel free to do so, if the problem is exactly > reproducible, I may even have a prayer of attempting a fix. Now, these seem to be 'serious' fun. I guess I'll pass... > Anyways, I dinna mean to be gruff, apologies. No worries, no harm done at all =) Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
