David Aspinall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anyone noticed an weird problem using the rpm command in quick
> succession to upgrade packages? I occasionally get the spurious error
> "cannot open database" between commands.
>
> This wasn't a problem until I started using autorpm to upgrade cooker
> rpms automatically from a local mirror directory. It keeps crashing
> part way through with "ERROR: RPM cannot open RPM database..."
>
> This happens with rpm-3.0.3-43mdk from M7 as well as current
> rpm-3.0.4-0.12mdk
>
> rpm bug? anything else it could be?
seems like the pb is update-menus which open the rpm database for reading.
this is a pb. fred, any solution at hand?