Bug 54417

Summary: rpm hangs on erasing/installing
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Public Beta Reporter: Michele Baldessari <mbaldessari>
Component: rpmAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Gzip of the strace on the rpm command that hung none

Description Michele Baldessari 2001-10-06 20:47:22 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Probably duplicate of the closed bug (#50933). When uninstalling e few rpms
"rpm -e file.rpm" simply hangs. I will attach straces shortly.
rpm version : rpm-4.0.3-1.03
System had quite a lot installations/deinstallations/rebuildings of
[custom] rpms. 
After an "rpm --rebuilddb" the hang disappears
It all happens quite sporadically so I am not able to reproduce it often
(happened only on installing or erasing)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.0.3-1.03

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -e bonobo-conf bonobo-conf-devel evolution
2. (program never ends)
3.


Actual Results:  rpm hangs

Expected Results:  Finish the install/deletion :)

Additional info:
Comment 1 Michele Baldessari 2001-10-06 20:54:23 UTC 
Created attachment 33538 [details]
Gzip of the strace on the rpm command that hung
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2001-10-08 15:23:35 UTC 
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

should fix it.
Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2001-11-05 18:56:35 UTC 
This problem appears solved.