12 Jan
2009
12 Jan
'09
10:07 p.m.
on 1-12-2009 12:24 PM Spiro Harvey spake the following:
tried deleting /var/lib/rpm/__* after killing all yum processes?
Yum has command line options to do its housecleaning which I would try first.
yum help clean
What does deleting the __db files do that the yum clean all doesn't? (which I notice doesn't delete those specific files)
Yum clean all only does housekeeping on yum's files. It does not fix any problems in the underlying rpm database. Deleting the __db files will usually clean up after improperly closed rpm sessions. You usually have to follow the deletion with "rpm --updatedb" for it to do anything.
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