On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 23:56, Alexandre Strube wrote: > Em Qui, 2004-02-26 Ãs 13:55, Mike Bos escreveu: > > > > can someone help me solving these error's? I can bypass them with -f but that > > doesn't seem so elegant. > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > Did RPM failed before this? If that's the case, you will have to remove > the lock, which is a file I don't know what :-) That warning isn't a show-stopper, it just means that something is holding a *shared* (read) lock on the rpmdb. Generally speaking you want to check that there aren't any dangling rpm-related processes around but getting that warning doesn't stop you from installing packages, rpm >= 4.1 does allow for concurrent access. - Panu -
