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Article #60Re: rpm -ivh command has been hanged up?
From: Bards
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:11
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:11
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Phill Edwards wrote:
> "Dieu Phan" <dphan@dph.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.02.19.12.39.30.493273@dph.com...
>
>>hi,
>>"rpm -ivh command has been hanged up" is not the first time occurring in
>>my rh80 system. If I use redhat-install-packages to install a new-pkg,
>>sometimes it was hanged, then i have to kill this app. Afterward, I am
>>back to use rpm command on gnome terminal to install rpm pkg, it gets
>>nothing, even rpm -qa | grep [pkg name] gives nothing, and i have to kill
>>gnome-terminal as well (i can not use [ctrl+c] to back to shell). I dont
>
> know how to
>
>>refresh this situation unless rebooting system.
>>Any ideas are highly appreciated.
>
>
> I've had similar and I believe it's to do with the /var/log/rpmpkgs file
> getting mucked up. I've deleted it in the past and it gets created by a cron
> daily job that does the following command:
>
> rpm -qa --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}.rpm\n' 2>&1 | sort >
> /var/log/rpmpkgs
>
> Give it a go and see what happens (back it up somewhere just in case tho').
>
> Regards,
> Phill
>
>
Redhat 8.0 ?
This is a known problem (at redhat) - check out
http://bugzilla.redhat.com and search/query for for "rpm hang"
There is a fix, which incidentally, goes away with 8.1 beta 1,2 or 3.
Bards.
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