bionic (8) rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.8.gz

NAME

       rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit - Plugin for the RPM Package Manager

Description

       This  plugin  for  RPM  prevents  the  system  to enter shutdown, sleep or idle mode while there is a rpm
       transaction running to prevent system corruption that can occur if the transaction is  interrupted  by  a
       reboot.

       This  is  achieved  by  using  the  inhibit  DBUS interface of systemd. The call is roughly equivalent to
       executing

       systemd-inhibit --mode=block --what=idle:sleep:shutdown --who=RPM --why="Transaction running"

       See systemd-inhibit(1) for the details of this mechanism.

       It is strongly advised to have the plugin installed on all systemd based systems.

Prerequisites

       For the plugin to work systemd has to be used as init system and though  the  DBUS  system  bus  must  be
       available.  If  the  plugin  cannot  access  the  interface  it  gives  a  warning  but does not stop the
       transaction.

Configuration

       The plugin currently does not have any configuration option other than turning it on and off. It  can  be
       disabled  by  commenting  out  the  %__transaction_systemd_inhibit  macro  in main macros file (typically
       located at /usr/lib/rpm/macros) or otherwise change the value of the macro.

       Another option is to remove the plugin from the system if it is packaged in its own sub package.