[PLUG] rpm problem

[Sandy Herring]

On Fri, 07 Mar 2003, Keith Nasman wrote: 
> > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 10:38, Keith Nasman wrote:
> >> I've got a stock RH8.0 box set up and it seems that the rpm
> >> binary(ies) is whacked. No matter what command I enter the process
> >> just sleeps until killed, this includes the rpm cronjob entry that
> >> happens daily.
[...]
> Since this box is on a trusted network that was low on the list but the
> md5sums do match. It matches your md5sum too, so at least that file isn't
> r00ted :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Keith

I'll wager your rpm database is locked. See:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73097

Sandy
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