Whenever I have RPM problems of any sort (hang, errors) I immediately
delete the __db.00{1,2.3} files (usually) in /var/lib/rpm:
rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
If that doesn't help, I rebuild the RPM database:
rpm --rebuilddb
--- Vladimir
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Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://leonora.org/~vladimir
2770 Cowper St. vladimir@xxxxxxx
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678 8014
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>>>>> "fs" == Fred Shaul <info@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
fs> When I try simple rpm commands, and or invoke them using up2date getting
fs> errors ...
fs>
fs> Help!
fs>
fs> # rpm -qa
fs> rpmdb: unable to join the environment
fs> error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
fs> error: cannot open Packages index using db3
fs> - Resource temporarily unavailable (11)
fs> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
fs> no packages
fs>
fs>
fs> # uname -a
fs> Linux bilbo.scalix.local 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1
fs> Wed Oct 29 15:42:51 EST 2003 i686
fs> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
fs>
fs> # cat /etc/fedora-release
fs> Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow)
fs>
fs>
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