Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 13 May 2003 19:06:47 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: odd db4 error with 2.5.69-mm4 [was Re: Huraaa for 2.5] |
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Shawn <core@enodev.com> wrote: > > Not to get away from the praise too much, but I have a rpm/db4 problem > that seems to be related to the kernel. before I started backing out > parts of 69-mm4, I just wanted to figure out /which/ parts to try > backing out. > > As root, I basically can't use rpm at all. I think it's select() related > as strace shows it timing out. The odd thing is that it works great as a > non-privileged user.
rpm seems generally flakey sometimes.
remove /var/lib/rpm/__*
Use
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 rpm
to get around rpm's O_DIRECT bug.
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