Smart freezes

[Pascal Bleser]

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Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
> Was using 'smart --gui' on SuSE 10.0.  Again got an occurrence of
> a smart "freeze" during a many-many package update -- the screen
> that follows the download screen stopped changing.  This time I
> knew smart processing was incomplete - only a few of the packages
> had been handled.  I waited an hour, then issued 'kill -9' --
> nothing else had any affect on the smart session.

Yep, it seems to be related to a race condition in the RPM version that is shipped with SUSE Linux.
Developers are currently investigating the issue and trying to isolate it, but it's probably going
to be a tough one to call (I've seen the RPM source code and it made my nose bleed, instantly).

> This is the *third* time for me that smart on SuSE 10.0 has frozen
> while "installing" the packages it has just downloaded.  I'm more
> interested in upgrading my system than in trying out betas.  Back
> to using apt-get for upgrading from package repositories.

Use whatever you want. Keep cool. No need to raise your blood pressure.

cheers
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