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Ive seen some mention of this on google, but up2date is driving me up a wall recently. It will download the rpm's then install some, stop at one and hang ...
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- 01-08-2003 #1Linux User
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up2date crashes anymore
Ive seen some mention of this on google, but up2date is driving me up a wall recently. It will download the rpm's then install some, stop at one and hang there... if I kill it I end up with two versions of the RPM installed (causing all heck)...
Anyone else experiencing this who has some insight as to why?majorwoo
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- 01-08-2003 #2Linux Guru
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That happened to me to, and I think I located the problem to be that the RPM libs use a file as a pseudo-mutex for the databases. I don't remember how I fixed it though... I might just have rebooted, but that shouldn't do anything, of course. As always, use gdb and you'll probably be fine.
- 01-08-2003 #3Linux User
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no it has happened on multiple machines, through multiple reboots
its not that big of a problem, as a kill the up2date, redo it and then rpm -e the duplicatemajorwoo
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- 01-08-2003 #4Linux Guru
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up2date really isn't very well designed, using blocking calls and I don't know what. I've had all kinds of troubles with it.
- 01-09-2003 #5Linux Enthusiast
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apt apt apt. Not that I use it, I am an installwatch/LFS user.
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- 01-11-2003 #6Linux Engineer
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When I was forced to use redhat at work, I installed a version of apt-get for rpms. Works much better then up2date. But then I was able to switch to gentoo, what would I do without portage
- 01-11-2003 #7Linux Guru
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I would imagine. Who has really made up2date? Is it a RedHat contraption? I must say that the general level of RedHat software is at least higher than up2date. I can't imagine what they were thinking.
- 01-12-2003 #8Linux User
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i think it is a redhat contraption, but that is because i think i read that somewhere - redhat actually writes very little software, but i agree with Dolda somewhat - recently up2date has been one of my biggest problems with redhat
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- 01-12-2003 #9Linux Engineer
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Do a search on sourceforge for apt-rpm. Works so much better.
- 01-12-2003 #10Linux Guru
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That might very well be, but does it integrate with the rest of the system as nicely?
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