error message from YUM

[Kevin Kofler]

Les wrote:
> If I am reading this debug message correctly, it appears that a lock
> file is in place.  But the path is not given.

There are numbered files matching the pattern:
/var/lib/rpm/__db.???

These are used to access the actual RPM database and also hold its locks.
Deleting these files allows recovering from locking issues.

WARNING: Do not delete any other files in /var/lib/rpm!

        Kevin Kofler