[lug] RPM problems

[Kevin Fenzi]

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>>>>> "Shannon" == Shannon Johnston <nunar at nunar.com> writes:

Shannon> There's something wrong with my rpm command. Whenever I
Shannon> attempt to do anything with it (rpm -q, rpm --rebuilddb) it
Shannon> just hangs. This makes it impossible to install or uninstall
Shannon> anything via rpm. Has anyone had this happen before? Know of
Shannon> any remedies?

Alas, this is an rpm bug. ;( 

You can fix it (until the next time it gets 'stuck') by doing: 

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

for more info: 

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

kevin
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