I looked through the archives till Jan 2011 but could not find a thread similar to this issue, so I hope this is not a repost.
System configuration: I am running 32-bit RHEL 6 basic server with rpm-4.8.0-27.el6.i686
Rpm package: Let's call it myApp.rpm
Before I go into the details, I am able to install/upgrade/erase myApp.rpm on RHEL 5 without any problems. This has been working for more than a year. I had to move to RHEL 6 because myApp now requires a glibc version which is newer than the one on RHEL 5.
The Problem: After I install myApp.rpm and start the application, I am not able to upgrade or re-install myApp.rpm. I have been using -vv option and the output looks like:
Success case: Fresh install
D: 60 /usr/libexec/hostd/
D: 61 /usr/sbin/
D: 62 /vmfs/devices/char/vmkdriver/
D: 63 /vmfs/volumes/sdrsLoadDef/
D: ==========
D: fini 120777 1 ( 0, 0) 15 /bin/python;506a01b8
D: fini 100555 1 ( 0, 0) 1093280 /bin/rhttpproxy;506a01b8
D: fini 100500 1 ( 0, 0) 4891 /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware;506a01
Failure case: Upgrade/re-install after running the application
D: 60 /usr/libexec/hostd/
D: 61 /usr/sbin/
D: 62 /vmfs/devices/char/vmkdriver/
D: 63 /vmfs/volumes/sdrsLoadDef/
D: ==========
Segmentation fault (core dumped) <---------------------------------- Failure
I tried a lot of different scenarios and below is the list of what works:
1. Fresh install works fine - rpm -ivvf
2. Delete works fine - rpm -evv
3. Re-insall after deleting rpm in step (2) works fine as long as myApp was not started after installation: rpm -ivvf
4. Upgrade after step (1) works fine as long as myApp was not started after installation: rpm -Uvvf
Scenarios that don't work:
5. Upgrade after step (1) after starting myApp: rpm -Uvvf
6. Re-insall after deleting rpm in step (2) after starting myApp: rpm -ivvf
7. I see the crash even if stop myApp and then do upgrade/re-install
So basically after the app is started, I can only do erase. Upgrade or re-install fails with Seg fault. The crash is after rpm has done processing ''Directories not explicitly included in package:'' I can upload the complete output of -vv for success(install, upgrade, erase) and failure(upgrade, re-install).
Any help about how to find the root cause of the crash would be highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Gaurav
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