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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CHVM1.VNET.IBM.COM!MCOG
  2. From: MCOG@CHVM1.VNET.IBM.COM ("Michael A. Coggins")
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
  4. Subject: HELP ! installp failing !
  5. Message-ID: <9207282108.AA19994@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
  6. Date: 28 Jul 92 21:08:15 GMT
  7. Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
  8. Lines: 14
  9. X-Unparsable-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 23:02:16 CET
  10.  
  11. > installp:  There may be an installp process currently running.
  12. >         Wait for this process to complete or run installp -C to
  13. >         cleanup a failed installation.
  14.  
  15. I saw this weird problem too.  I got things going again by removing
  16. files called /usr/lpp/inu_LOCK, /lpp/inu_LOCK, /usr/share/lpp/inu_LOCK
  17. on my /usr server and client.
  18.  
  19. I found these files by running the strings command on /etc/installp.
  20.  
  21. Mickey Coggins  mcog@chvm1.vnet.ibm.com
  22.                 +41-1-436-7274 or +41-1-436-8525 (fax)
  23.                 Hohlstrasse 560, CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland
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