On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 17:20 -0500, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 14:00 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > * Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-12-07 03:01]: > > > I have a new issue with smart on opensuse 10.0: I cannot do an update, > > > install, or even a fix. It loads and updates the cache. But after it > > > prints "Computing transaction...", the program hangs. If I look at the > > > python process, it is doing occasional mmap2 and brk calls. Nothing > > > else. I had hoped that 'fix' would do as it says. It hangs. 'clean' > > > runs, but nothing is different. I have installed: > > > smart-0.51-11.guru.suse100 > > > > latest for my 10.1 is 52-6.1, you might look for a later version > > > > meanwhile try: > > remove /var/lib/smart/channels > > /var/lib/cache > > Did not work. (used /var/lib/smart/cache, not /var/lib/cache, which does > not exist) > > > do smart udate > > or smart upgrade --update > > No joy here, either. BTW, seems the --update option to upgrade does what > the upgrade command does. > > I think I need to try a newer version of smart. Not the guru version, > which seems long in the tooth.
I tried the latest (smart-0.52-6.2) and the behavior is the same. I let it run all night (smart update) and it never got past the "Computing transaction..." text. So, I wonder if there is some python thing smart uses that has or has not been updated on my system. What other dependence does smart have? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
