[NTLUG:Discuss] RedHat 8 and broken rpm

[joseph beasley]

I have the same problem on one of my boxes.  Logging
out and back in seems to correct the lockup.

No fix, but it works for me.

--- Ryan Sweat <ryans at cecentertainment.com> wrote:
> I have RedHat 8 installed on 3 computers, and 2 of
> them (both intel i686) have
> broken rpm implementations.  Almost everytime I
> attempt to install or remove
> a software package, the rpm command freezes and the
> database is corrupted.  I have
> noticed by searching the redhat-lists and google
> that many people are having the
> same problem, but RedHat is dismissing it, saying
> they cannot reproduce it.
> 
> I just wanted to see if anyone is having the same
> problem and what, if anything, 
> you did to fix the problem.  The way I get around it
> now is rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*, 
> and try again..and again..and again.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
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