--- ./lib/rpmdb.c.orig	2020-05-28 10:04:25.037136686 +0000

+++ ./lib/rpmdb.c	2020-09-30 12:23:50.708547165 +0000

@@ -387,9 +387,11 @@ int rpmdbClose(rpmdb db)

 {

     rpmdb * prev, next;

     int rc = 0;

+    int dbmode;

     if (db == NULL)

 	goto exit;

+    dbmode = db->db_mode;

     prev = &rpmdbRock;

     while ((next = *prev) != NULL && next != db)

@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ int rpmdbClose(rpmdb db)

     db = _free(db);

-    if (rpmdbRock == NULL) {

+    if (rpmdbRock == NULL && (dbmode & (O_RDWR|O_WRONLY)) != 0) {

 	rpmsqActivate(0);

     }

 exit:

@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ static int openDatabase(const char * pre

 	int justPkgs = (db->db_flags & RPMDB_FLAG_REBUILD) &&

 		       ((db->db_mode & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY);

 	/* Enable signal queue on the first db open */

-	if (db->db_next == NULL) {

+	if (db->db_next == NULL &&  (db->db_mode & (O_RDWR|O_WRONLY)) != 0) {

 	    rpmsqActivate(1);

 	}