i stand corrected, but why are these lock files present even when there isn't any rpm related program running? and i've had this lock up without rpm being kill -9'd or anything similar. -d William Hooper said: > > duncan brown said: >> i must ammend my last post: >> >> that should NEVER work, you ALWAYS need to rebuild the rpm database >> after removing those files. **those are your rpm database files** > [snip] >>> rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* > > No they're not. They are lock files. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73097 > > -- > William Hooper > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot
