https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=575096 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=575096#c7 Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |REOPENED InfoProvider|stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.d | |e | --- Comment #7 from Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de> 2013-09-16 15:36:31 UTC --- This is not about /etc/zypp/locks, but /var/run/zypp.pid. At least "zypper --root /tmp/r sh" fails. There seem to be some cases when "--root" is not applied correctly. sbruens-linux:~ # strace -efile -o "| grep pid" zypper --root /tmp/r ll open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR) = 5 There are no package locks defined. open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR) = 5 sbruens-linux:~ # strace -efile -o "| grep pid" zypper --root /tmp/r sh open("/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR) = 5 terminate called after throwing an instance of 'zypp::ZYppFactoryException' what(): System management is locked by the application with pid 13171 (zypper). Close this application before trying again. --- SIGABRT {si_signo=SIGABRT, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=13498, si_uid=0} --- Aborted ZYPP_LOCKFILE_ROOT=/tmp/r strace -efile -o "| grep pid" zypper --root /tmp/r sh open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR) = 5 zypper> open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/tmp/r/var/run/zypp.pid", O_RDWR) = 5 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.