Bug 12491 - rpm 4.0.32 lock message is wrong
Summary: rpm 4.0.32 lock message is wrong
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
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Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-06-19 00:28 UTC by R P Herrold
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-06-21 01:43:28 UTC
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Description R P Herrold 2000-06-19 00:28:30 UTC 
Running a query while a package install is running in another window yields
this lock message:

cannot get shared lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
 
failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm: No such file or directory
  

dbiOpen: cannot open Packages index   

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The CORRECT name of this package is:    Packages            
and NOT   packages.rpm 

... is this an error message problem, or a filename issue?
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-06-21 01:43:26 UTC 
This is largely a problem with aging and misleading error messages rather
than a real problem. The current algorithm, when the desired db3 open fails,
is to attempt a db1 open, which of course also fails. A more precise return
from the db3 open will permit skipping the futile db1 open attempt.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2000-07-20 18:05:12 UTC 
This should be fixed in rpm-4.0-0.56. Please reopen if not.
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