Description of problem: rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.23-1.fc8 hangs at command even though installed. gubby task running. grub.conf fails to get updated. Also, rpm -e kernel-devl-2.6.23-220.fc8 will not erase but does for others. --nodeps --allmatches does not help Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.23-1.fc8 kernel-2.6.23-5.fc8 kernel-devl-2.6.23-0.220.rc9.git2.fc8 rpm-4.4.2.2-1.fc8 How reproducible: rpm hangs, terminal must be closed and rpm killed Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
grubby is part of mkinitrd. what's the process looping on if you strace -p the pid ?
The install of later kernels worked ok. This can be closed when you are done with it. thanks, Darwin
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported during the development of Fedora 8. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are changing the version of this bug to '8'. If this bug still exists in rawhide, please change the version back to rawhide. (If you're unable to change the bug's version, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help and we apologize for the interruption. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.