Description of problem: BUG 63342 described in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63342 occurred even in version 4.4.2 of 'rpm'. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 6 Zod, release version. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Original workaround is listed at - http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/redhat/fedora_1_rpm_lockup_bug_workaround.html
This problem is fixed in rpm-4.4.8-0.4 and later, stale locks are detected and removed when needed. In addition "robust" posix mutexes are used to clean up persistent futexes. UPSTREAM
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Reassigning to owner after bugzilla made a mess, sorry about the noise...
Closing this issue after reading comment #1 that states that this problem is fixed. If you're still having this problem, please upgrade to the most recent release and report back. Sorry for the bugzilla noise.