Re: rpm -ivh command has been hanged up?

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:34

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"Dieu Phan" <dphan@dph.com> writes:

]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.

Yes, I have had that happen once. As I recall some files got left in the
/var/lib/rpm directory which bunged things up and needed to be removed. 
(like __db files), but my memory is weak right now.

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