You can run rpm under strace and examine what strace has to say. Valery --- Bala <balaknathan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I removed the db files and checked if some other > rpm/yum processes are > running on the system. There are no other processes > active that may > potentially cause a problem. I have deleted the > __db* files under > /var/lib/rpm directory and tried running again. Yet > no luck. > > The rpm version i'm using is 4.4.2. > > # rpm --version > RPM version 4.4.2 > # > > Could this be a problem with the rpm version itself > ? Would you suggest > upgrading/downgrading to a different version ? > > Bala > > On 5/30/07, Tony Earnshaw <tonni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Paul Nasrat skrev, on 29-05-2007 16:10: > > > > >>> I'm trying to install mysql devel rpm on RHEL > 5 and I'm stuck at this > > >>> error and cant proceed further. > > >>> > > >>> "error: can't create transaction lock on /" > > >> You may have a trailing lock - ls /var/lib/rpm > > >> > > >> Check for other rpm/yum processes running. If > none then: > > >> > > >> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* > > > > > > Also, just to add for RHEL your first stop > really should be support. > > > > Simply to collate: I have no problems with this on > CentOS 5 > > (mysql-devel-5.0.22-2.1 ) or Fedora FC6 > (mysql-devel-5.0.27-1.fc6) - both > > are the versions yum has updated to. Just as well, > since there's no > > official support on either :) > > > > --Tonni > > > > -- > > Tony Earnshaw > > Email: tonni at hetnet dot nl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
