Re: rpm from rescue CD

["James Olin Oden" <james oden gmail com>]

On 3/31/06, Bob Tennent <rdtennent hotmail com> wrote:
>  >|>  error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db.000
>  >|>
>  >|> I've tried adding --dbpath /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm but rpm isn't
>  >|> recognizing that option.  What should I do?
>  >|>
>  >|Just a note certain options of rpm running in the installer
>  >|environment do not work.
>
> Thanks, but --dbpath wouldn't be a solution in any case (there is no rpm
> database at /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm); but just creating that directory
> actually solves the transaction-lock problem.
>
Didn't think it would be, I just wanted to share why --dbpath was not
recognized.

Cheers...james