On 12/22/05, Jeff Johnson <n3npq.jbj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As long as concurrent access to /var/lib/rpm is enabled (the default > since rpm-4.1), then one can run rpm -q (and rpm -Uvh) in %post. > > In rpm-4.4.2 and later, there is another wrinkle needed, to get rid > of the transaction fcntl lock. > > This can be done by adding either > rm -f /var/lock/rpm/transaction > or > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 > depending on what path is in use. Removing both won't hurt anything, > the concurrent access locks in Berkeley DB are more than sufficient to ensure > concurrency. > > The real trick is doing all this portably and reliably. That's called > trying and testing. Can you point to a list of which distributions use rpm-4.1 or later? (I can't use any of these techniques myself, since I have to ship RPMs that install on stock Red Hat 7.1, I think.) - Dan _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
