[fc2] "apt-get update" and "yum update" hangs as root

[Giandomenico De Tullio]

On 26/06/2004 01:36:05, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Running either apt or yum hangs on my system.
>> 
>> I'm looking for the strace package so I can see how far they get.  
>> Anyone know where it is?
>>
> 
> Great, I found strace-4.5.4-1.i386.rpm in fc2 updates, but now "rpm - 
> Uv
> strace-4.5.4-1.i386.rpm" hangs also.  So it looks like that's the  
> culprit.
> 
> What now?

stale rpm db lockfiles !?

rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*