[ltp] Error on running rpm with FC2

[James McKenzie]

Eben and the list:

I did check for either a .pid or .lock file that would be associated 
with rpm.  No mystery files exist.  I'm wondering if my upgrade in which 
I deleted the /, /root, and /usr directories.  I left the /tmp directory 
alone as well as the /var directory.  I can write to all of the directories.

James McKenzie


Eben King wrote:

>On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, James McKenzie wrote:
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>>Eben King wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, James McKenzie wrote:
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>>>>I am getting the following error when I run rpm to attempt to update 
>>>>several packages:
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>>>>error:  cannot create transaction lock.
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>>>>I attempted to find out where this lock is located and looked at all the 
>>>>usual places and attempted to find a rpm.lock file.  I am running rpm as 
>>>>root.  df -k shows enough space on all mounted drives.
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>>>Are all drives mounted read/write, and does "df -i" show inodes available 
>>>on all of them?
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>>df -i shows available inodes on all drives for Linux.  I do mount one 
>>Windows VFAT parition, but I don't think that rpm would use that drive.  
>>And all drives are mounted rw.
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>>And additional note:  rpm -i --test does not give this error.
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>(grasping at straws)
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>Well, it's POSSIBLE that something like this happened:
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>[root@pc tmp]# touch foo
>[root@pc tmp]# chattr +i foo
>[root@pc tmp]# touch foo
>touch: creating `foo': Permission denied
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>Highly unlikely though.
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