Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 90292
rpm hangs while -Uvh in Shrike
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:06:52 EST
Description of problem: After several days of regular operation, rpm now hangs when trying to update/install any kind of package. The % Update List reads 100% installed. After killing rpm process and releasing locks the package will not be listed in rpm -qa. Version-Release number: Standard rpm package with Shrike. How reproducible: Now at any rate. I also tried rpm -Uvvvh blah and it hangs at GZDIO: 250 reads, 2040148 total bytes in 0.000 secs. The % Update List is 100% installed. After killing rpm process and releasing locks Steps to Reproduce: 1. Problem reoccurs also after reboot. 2. rpm -Uvh any_new_package 3. Additional info: I've seen in Bugzilla #74726 (now status closed) the same for Psyche. Thank you in advance, Aron
Yes, same as #74726, but the root causes are very, very different. Do rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* and upgrade to rpm-4.2-1 packages from ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.2 is the answer. (Assuming Red Hat 9, use rpm-4.1.1 if Red Hat 8.0)