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On 27 Aug 2003 08:34:17 -0400, James Pifer wrote:

> I'm running Redhat 9 on several systems. I just installed a new system
> for testing some stuff and started having this problem:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm --rebuilddb
> error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy 

See here:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8328

It's a harmless bug.

> Well, it started when I was unable to remove an rpm, so I tried
> rebuilding the rpmdb. I did some searching and apparently there is/was a
> bugtrap on this, but that it has been closed even though no real fix is
> available. That could be incorrect information. 

Terminate/kill all running rpm processes or package tools.
Then run:

  rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.*
  rpm -vv --rebuilddb

rpm should be able to erase packages again.

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