topic RPM not responding in Operating System - Linux

RPM not responding

Tom Ward_1 — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:21:35 GMT

I was installing some updates with rpm on a linux blade running RedHat 8, and it hung while updating glibc.

The rpms are okay. I've used them on several other systems without problems and the checksums match. Now any attempts to run rpm hang.

rpm -Vvva shows
[root@blade0s3 init.d]# rpm -Vvva
D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0

and that's as far as it gets. Any ideas?

The kernel is 2.4.18-14. That's on the list to update, btw. I can't say what rev rpm is at, since it's fubared.

I've yet to try rebooting. Anyone ever seen this before?

Re: RPM not responding

Balaji N — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:21:35 GMT

you updated glibc?

wont it break the complete system dependency. since all programs are linked against glibc and the glibc version is no longer there, wont ur machine become useless.

just curious.
-b-

Re: RPM not responding

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 03:56:03 GMT

probably you have this problem:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73097

solution:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

rpm --rebuilddb

Rgds,
Vitaly

Re: RPM not responding

Dan Beeler_2 — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:33:39 GMT

Tom

cd /var/lib/rpm
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm -vv --rebuilddb (if you use the -vv you get verbose output...which is cool)

--dan