Richard Allen writes... > Here's a wild one: > > bofh:~/rpm-4.0.3/rpmdb# make > Trace/breakpoint trap > bofh:~/rpm-4.0.3/rpmdb# echo $? > 133 > bofh:~/rpm-4.0.3/rpmdb# Try it with strace and post the results. Was anything printed on the console? -- Matt Taggart Linux Development Lab taggart@fc.hp.com HP Linux Systems Operation