Re: rpm from rescue CD

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Mar 30, 2006, at 5:35 PM, Bob Tennent wrote:

> error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db.000
> > |>
> > |
> > |Doing
> > |     mkdir /var/lib/rpm
> > |probably resolves the problem.
>
> Yes it does; thanks.
>
> > |Shouldn't that be  /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm?
>
> No, that exists already.
>
> > |lfr
>
> > |bind mount /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm to /var/lib/rpm outside the  
> > root.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand that.

The issue is whether the lock is global and within the rescue disk  
chroot or not

The bind mount maps to the directory within the chroot.

On a rescue mode boot it hardly matters.

FWIW, the fcntl lock has been turned off by default in later versions  
of rpm because
of path craziness just like this. The few apps that might want  
exclusive transaction locking
can turn the lock on if they wish.

73 de Jeff