Re: RPM error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device orresource busy

["D. D. Brierton" <darren dzr-web com>]

On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 11:40, Warren Togami wrote:

> When rpm appeared to hang, did you check the running processes to be
> 100% sure that rpm was not running anymore before erasing the locks?

Well "check" wouldn't be exactly the right word for it, but I did leave
it for quite a while to see if it did anything. What would be the best
way to check - just look in System Monitor and see if the CPU > 0% for
rpm?

> Note that --rebuilddb should almost never be needed.  I myself have
> never needed it during rpm-4.2 through the Phoebe betas and Shrike. 
> Erasing the locks has been sufficient for fixing RPM problems for me.

Good to know. Thanks.

Best, Darren

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