Re: RPM chicken or egg problem

["Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery ece cmu edu>]

On 09/18/00 11:04:58 +1200, Rob Brown-Bayliss <on_the_net clear net nz> 
wrote:
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| >  Important note: run rpm --rebuilddb just after upgrading to rpm4,
| >the database format changed and this is aboslutely needed if you
| >don't want to screw your rpm database (who does ?) !
|
| Now why doesn't the rpm post install script do this?
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RPM is running when the postinstall script executes, so the database is 
locked and therefore can't be rebuilt.  (Speaking of chicken-or-egg 
problems....)

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