[Cialug] Fedora - the dreaded rpmq failure

[Tom Pohl]

Bah, just turn off yum-updatesd and I bet the problem goes away :)

Who really wants updates to automatically download / download &  
install anyway?

-Tom


On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:58 PM, David Champion wrote:

> I've had the same experience - rarely have rpm db problems in  
> Mandriva,
> but seems to be fairly frequent in Fedora. Probably something like
> Fedora using a crappy version of Berkely DB, or built it with the
> --corrupt-db-fortnightly flag, and others have updated or patched  
> theirs.
>
> -dc
>
> Josh More wrote:
>> RPM is based on the Berkley DB, which sometimes corrupts.  That's  
>> what
>> the --rebuilddb is supposed to fix.  If I recall correctly, you  
>> used to
>> need to go into /var/lib/rpm/ and remove the __* files.  (Best to  
>> move
>> them instead of deleting them.)
>>
>> Interestingly, while a lot of systems use RPM that is back-ended by
>> Berkley, I've only seen this problem on RedHat/Fedora boxes.  My SUSE
>> and Mandriva boxes seem to be OK.
>>
>> Another thing to consider is what used to happen with Red Carpet  
>> in the
>> early days.
>> If you are running a nightly update process, and a repository isn't
>> available, rpmq might start cycling.  The solution there is to either
>> turn off automatic checking or only use high-availability  
>> repositories.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
>>  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
>>  515-245-7701
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> 08/07/07 12:32 PM >>>
>> Anyone have a real solution for the dreaded Fedora rpmq hanging from
>> the
>> /etc/cron.daily/rpm script (or anything else that does rpm -q)?
>>
>> Here's a random googled thread on it...
>>
>> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2007-01/msg01564.html
>>
>> Noticed this happening on a FC6 box today, I'd forgotten about it,  
>> but
>> seem to recall this being a problem with Fedora like a couple of  
>> years
>> ago. Can't believe they haven't solved it yet.
>>
>> I'll do a reboot and rpm --rebuilddb later when people aren't using
>> it... but would be nice to find a real fix for it.
>>
>> -dc
>>
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