error message from YUM
Kevin Kofler
kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Mar 18 20:23:12 UTC 2009
Les wrote:
> If I am reading this debug message correctly, it appears that a lock
> file is in place. But the path is not given.
There are numbered files matching the pattern:
/var/lib/rpm/__db.???
These are used to access the actual RPM database and also hold its locks.
Deleting these files allows recovering from locking issues.
WARNING: Do not delete any other files in /var/lib/rpm!
Kevin Kofler
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