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- From: buchholz@ese3.ogi.edu (Don Buchholz)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: HELP ! installp failing !
- Message-ID: <40741@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 22:42:38 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.40741
- References: <9207282108.AA19994@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Sender: news@ogicse.ogi.edu
- Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Department of Env. Science and Eng.
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- In article <9207282108.AA19994@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> MCOG@CHVM1.VNET.IBM.COM ("Michael A. Coggins") writes:
- >> installp: There may be an installp process currently running.
- >> Wait for this process to complete or run installp -C to
- >> cleanup a failed installation.
- >
- >I saw this weird problem too. I got things going again by removing
- >files called /usr/lpp/inu_LOCK, /lpp/inu_LOCK, /usr/share/lpp/inu_LOCK
- >on my /usr server and client.
-
- Thanks for the fix!
-
- My /usr client gave the same error message and wouldn't run installp either.
- Removing the lock files did the trick.
-
- Now .... does anyone know "why?"
-
- Don Buchholz buchholz@ese3.ese.ogi.edu
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