[PLUG] stuck rpm processes

[Ian Burrell]

Zot O'Connor wrote:
> 
> Since I use rpm, apt, synaptic and red-carpet, I have to do this a few
> times a week.  Something is not happy.  I am adding and upgrading daily.
> 

There are some known bugs in rpm with locking and rpm.  What version of 
Red Hat are you using?  For RH8.0, make sure you have the most recent 
available version of rpm, 4.1.1.  For RH9, some people suggest the 
experimental release 4.2-1 from ftp.rpm.org or Fedora.  Also, you want 
the most recent version of apt, 0.5.5cnc6.  Finally, check for duplicate 
glibc packages because old bugs would cause the updates to fail and not 
remove the old versions.

I am running RH9 and haven't had any problems recently after upgrading apt.

  - Ian

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