Calling openat() on a fifo causes a pseudo hang for us (e.g. the fifo in psplash). Avoid calling openat for fifos. Introduced upstream with: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/96ec957e281220f8e137a2d5eb23b83a6377d556 Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/2195] Index: git/lib/fsm.c =================================================================== --- git.orig/lib/fsm.c +++ git/lib/fsm.c @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ int rpmPackageFilesInstall(rpmts ts, rpm rc = RPMERR_UNKNOWN_FILETYPE; } - if (!rc && fd == -1 && !S_ISLNK(fp->sb.st_mode)) { + if (!rc && fd == -1 && !S_ISLNK(fp->sb.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(fp->sb.st_mode)) { /* Only follow safe symlinks, and never on temporary files */ fd = fsmOpenat(di.dirfd, fp->fpath, fp->suffix ? AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW : 0, 0);