I run rpm --rebuilddb whenever I update the popt-* and rpm-* packages... for
some reason.:) As root, I'm able to issue:
# rpm -qa
Might be woth a try?
>From: David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Cooker] rpm -qa hang as root
>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:16:12 -0800 (PST)
>
>rpm -qa runs fine to completion as user (here's a
>snippet from the successful run's strace):
>
>write(1, "cups-drivers-1.1-15mdk\n", 23) = 23
>pread(3,
>"\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\201\17\0\0\0\0\0\0\200\17\0\0\1\0\346"...,
>4096, 16257024) = 4096
>pread(3,
>"\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\200\17\0\0\201\17\0\0\177\17\0\0\1\0\346"...,
>4096, 16252928) = 4096
>
>but as root it hangs after the first pread call you
>see there, strace shows:
>
>
>write(1, "cups-drivers-1.1-15mdk\n",
>23cups-drivers-1.1-15mdk
>) = 23
>pread(3,
>"\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\201\17\0\0\0\0\0\0\200\17\0\0\1\0\346"...,
>4096, 16257024) = 4096
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 1000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 2000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 4000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 8000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 16000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 32000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 64000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 128000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 256000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 512000}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
>select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
>
>That last line just repeats forever (slowly).
>
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