rpm-4.0.3-0.35mdk
#rpm -qa outputs around 3 screenfuls of package names and stops. ps shows /usr/lib/rpm/rpmq -q --all suspended. using strace rpm -qa it writes some output and waits in select quite long: ... pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\225\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\224\0\0\0\1\0\346\17"..., 4096, 610304) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\224\0\0\0\225\0\0\0\223\0\0\0\1\0\346"..., 4096, 606208) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\223\0\0\0\224\0\0\0\222\0\0\0\1\0\346"..., 4096, 602112) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\222\0\0\0\223\0\0\0A\3\0\0\1\0\346\17"..., 4096, 598016) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0A\3\0\0\222\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0t\4\0\7pp"..., 4096, 3411968) = 4096 write(1, "krusader-1.00-1mdk\n", 19krusader-1.00-1mdk ) = 19 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\1\0\346\17\0"..., 4096, 8392704) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\1\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0v\5\0\007"..., 4096, 8388608) = 4096 write(1, "gqmpeg-0.12.0-1mdk\n", 19gqmpeg-0.12.0-1mdk ) = 19 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\36\21\0\0\0\0\0\0\35\21\0\0\1\0\346\17"..., 4096, 17948672) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\35\21\0\0\36\21\0\0\34\21\0\0\1\0\346"..., 4096, 17944576) = 4096 ... pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0#\20\0\0$\20\0\0\"\20\0\0\1\0\346\17\0"..., 4096, 16920576) = 4096 pread(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\"\20\0\0#\20\0\0`\20\0\0\1\0\346\17\0"..., 4096, 16916480) = 4096 select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 1000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 2000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 4000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 8000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 16000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 32000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 64000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 128000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 256000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 512000}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) ... select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) ... What might be wrong?