Package: mach Version: 0.9.1-2 The README.Debian says this (rewrapped):
RPM locking bug --------------- Due to a bug in mach, it tries to use the default settings of the host for RPM transactions locking. Since the Debian "rpm" package does not ship a /var/lib/rpm for safety reasons, locking fails with cryptic message. The clean solution is to fix mach, but two other solutions exist: - create the /var/lib/rpm directory (a bit ugly) - create a /var/lib/rpm-lock directory and create a /etc/rpm/macros.mach with: %_rpmlock_path /var/lib/rpm-lock/__db.000 (less ugly) Surely it would be better to have the mach package do the latter workaround ? The lock directory could be /var/lib/mach/rpm-lock and then the result would be entirely nicely private. It seems odd to have a file you have to edit to make it work ... Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]