Description: ------------ While building RPM on a chroot enviroment , we find that getChannel() ( and possible other ) methods of registry.php deadlock on error condition. This seems to be abug in _lock that does not fclose() the resource in case of failure before raising $this->raiseError("could not acquire $str lock ($this->lockfile)", 810 PEAR_REGISTRY_ERROR_LOCK); Test script: --------------- pear -c pearrc install --nodeps --packagingroot %{buildroot} %{SOURCE0} Expected result: ---------------- no deadlock Actual result: -------------- deadlock, automatic build system hangs and needs to be killed manually.

please try this patch and see if it fixes your problem: http://pear.php.net/bugs/patch-display.php?bug=11678&patch=fix&revision=1187474167&display=1

This bug has been fixed in CVS. If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET). If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should be live shortly. Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release. Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better.