[TriLUG] RH 9 rpm hangs

[Frye, Matthew]

Thank Jeremy.  Off I go.  Yes, actually RH9 was this morning's stop on the
way from 7.3 to FC1.  

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> From: 	Jeremy Portzer[SMTP:jeremyp at pobox.com]
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> Sent: 	Monday, February 16, 2004 11:58 AM
> To: 	Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: 	Re: [TriLUG] RH 9 rpm hangs
> 
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Frye, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > rpm hangs on my newly upgraded RH 9 box.  I upgraded from 7.3 and read
> about
> > a fix for rpm, but how is one supposed to install such a fix if rpm is
> the
> > problem.  I have read many unanswered threads and many wrong ones too.  
> 
> You need to run the following command as root to "unhang" RPM :
> 	rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.*
> If that doesn't work, also try running "rpm --rebuilddb" but this second 
> command is rarely necessary.
> 
> After unhanging RPM, get the updated, fixed version from www.fedora.us.  
> Or what I'd recommend is instead you continue your upgrade to Fedora Core 
> 1, which also has a totally fixed RPM.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jeremy
> 
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