Doing that, and rebulding the db seems to work. Thanks! Joe Laughlin > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Slagter [mailto:erik+rpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:28 AM > To: RPM Package Manager > Subject: Re: Rpm freezing > > > > I tried to upgrade a bunch of packages with rpm. The > upgrade seemed > > to freeze (wasn't doing anything, wasn't using CPU), so I > killed the > > task. > > > > Now everytime I try to use rpm, it doesn't do anything. > I've tried to > > rebuild the database (rpm --rebuilddb), but it still doesn't do > > anything (just sits there). > > > > Ideas? > > I've had that on several occasions as well. It looks like rpm > is waiting for a lock to go away. > > Anyway, my very un-scientific approach is to remove all __* > file from /var/lib/rpm and then it works again. I don't know why ;-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
