Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nora Etukudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I used to install some of my own RPM's within the 'postInstall'-script > > of Mandrake AutoInstall. Since a few days this doesn't work anymore. > > > > A 'rpm -i ....' hangs silently and I have to kill it manually and then > > the installation goes further. > > > > Within the 'postInstall'-script I used to have > > > > export DURING_INSTALL="YES" > > > > If I comment this out, the 'rpm -i ....' works again, but then in some > > RPM's there where things started which shouldn't during installation > > (eg. restarting font server). > > > > What I'm doing wrong? > > fred, any idea?
DURING_INSTALL isn't used by rpm directly. It's used by ldconfig and update-menus iirc. You can probably debug by issueing a pstree in console 2 to see what process is hanging. -- Fred - May the source be with you
