All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)
Tim Evans
tkevans at tkevans.com
Tue Jul 25 18:28:44 UTC 2006
I've just found FedoraLegacy; this is great. I have a batch of RH 9 systems
that badly need updating, and have already started working with 'yum' to get
them done.
One system, however, has hung while installing 'yum' itself per the
instructions at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/Yum9Detailed
The hang was indefinite; I left it sit all night and shell prompt never
returned. Process listing shows 'rpm' still running, even after logging off
the terminal; ctrl-c does not kill the process either. Only 'kill -9' will
end it.
In looking into this, I see all 'rpm' commands (even simple queries) hang in
the same way. Man page doesn't mention it, but is there a lockfile somewhere
that's holding things up? Or something else?
Thanks.
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