[ltp] Error on running rpm with FC2

James McKenzie linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:16:36 -0700


I knew there was one more thing I could do.  I'm wondering where rpm is 
trying to put the lock file.  Maybe the directory no longer exists.  
I've run rpm -Uvvh but it does not state where the file is going.  Maybe 
strace will figure out where.

James McKenzie


honey@gneek.com wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, James McKenzie wrote:
>
>> Well, I did everything described here and I still get the error.  
>> BTW, I am root.  That is what I first thought, that I was running as 
>> another user, but running whoami shows I'm definately root.
>
>
> So, how did you upgrade?
>
> Might be best to run a strace on it and see where it stops.