Package: rpm Version: 4.4.1-8 Severity: normal
When trying to install a rpm-database in some dir using rpm --root, the wrong dbpath is used for locking the transaction, which of course makes the whole transaction fail. This is shown when trying the following as a non-root user: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bla$ pwd /home/taco/bla [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bla$ mkdir -p root-dir/var/lib/rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bla$ rpm --root `pwd`/root-dir --initdb error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bla$ find root-dir root-dir root-dir/var root-dir/var/lib root-dir/var/lib/rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bla$ Note that trying the same as root succeeds (and that the database is created in the right location....), so it's only the locking that's not correct (IMHO). Cheers, Taco. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages rpm depends on: ii libbeecrypt6 4.1.2-4 open source C library of cryptogra ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-2 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.3.6-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii librpm4 4.4.1-8 RPM shared library ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-8 SSL shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime rpm recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
