You should probably rebuild your RPM database with this command:
rpm --rebuilddb
M.
On Saturday 17 March 2001 17:25, Ozz wrote:
> Hi Guys.
>
> I have just re-installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my laptop.
>
> I re-partitioned as follows:
>
> hda1 - 144Mb - Suspend.
> hda2 - 6.19Gb - Linux Extended; contains:
> hda5 - 15Mb - /boot
> hda6 - 128Mb - Swap
> hda7 - 6.05Gb - /
>
> Obviously, having re-installed from my original CDs, there were a
> lot of updates that needed to be applied. So, I struck up my
> trusty MandrakeUpdate program, which listed about 90 rpms totalling
> about 310Mb.
>
> However, regardless of how I try to apply these upgrades, I run
> into the following problem.
>
> As soon as rpm tries to actually install the package, it starts to
> grab MAJOR memory. This grows rapidly until within a couple of
> seconds it is using ALL memory as well as most of the swap,
> grinding the machine to a halt.
>
> It was pretty scary running top on another console and seeing rpm's
> memory usage growing to 155Mb. It would have climbed higher if I
> hadn't killed it...
>
> This happens regardless of the package I'm installing. A single
> 150kb rpm file will do it, just as a 35Mb one will.
>
> HELP!!!!!
>
> Regards,
> Ozz.
>
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Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design
