[K12OSN] Updates

[anthony baldwin]

Eric Harrison wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, norbert wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Eric,
>>
>>As much as I would like to contribute more info the problem is that 
>>up2date, yum & apt all just hang after being launched. I've checked with 
>>both a "ps -aux rhn.... apt & yum" & by top & the tasks are running. 
>>There have been no changes since I last ran then on my system & up2date 
>>"informs" me that there are 10 updates available.
>>
>>Any suggestions ?
> 
> 
> If apt, up2date, & yum are all hanging, the only thing that comes to
> my mind is that your RPM database is locked up. Try this:
> 
> 	rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
> 
> Hopefully it is that easy.
> 
> -Eric


bash-2.05b$ rm -f /var/lib/rpm/_db.00*
bash-2.05b$ su
Password:
[root at localhost tony]# yum update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
Damaged or Bad header.info from Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
This is probably because of a downed server or an invalid header.info on 
a repository.
[root at localhost tony]#



-- 
Anthony Baldwin
http://www.School-Library.net
Freedom to Learn!

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
GED$/L/P/FA d? s: a C++ L++ W++ N++ K- w--- M+ PS++
PE-- Y+ PGP- t+ tv-- b++(b++++) D? G e++++ h++ r--- y?
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------