rpm can sometimes leave its database in a locked state, even
when no processes are active on it. If this happens, I've found
that the following works for me (as superuser):
rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00?
(the files will be recreated next time rpm runs).
YMMV of course ...
poc
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 11:32, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> sounds like your rpm database is locked by another process. you'll have
> to kill that other process I guess. *shrug*
>
> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 09:41, Todd Cary wrote:
> > When Ximian attempts to install a new version, it almosts gets to the
> > end, but this error comes up:
> >
> > Sep 26 12:41:28 Transaction failed: Unable to complete RPM transaction:
> > unable to open RPM database: fcntl failed
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Todd
> >
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