[CentOS] Yum update frozen: -bash: child setpgid (9021 to 9021): No such process

[M. Fioretti]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 21:26:19 PM +0200, io (mfioretti at mclink.it)
wrote:

> about one hour ago, I did a "yum update" on a remote centos 4.3
> server. It said:

>   Cleanup   : mkinitrd                     ##################### [ 72/124]
>   Cleanup   : e2fsprogs                    ##################### [ 73/124]
> 
> and then nothing more. It has remained stuck at that line for almost
> one hour now.

Hello, it's me again.

I don't know if it's relevant, but I have connected via ssh as normal
user without seeing any error. Then, when I switch to root, I get:

$ su -
-bash: child setpgid (9021 to 9021): No such process
Password:

I have seen via Google that others, to fix these warnings, suggested
to:

"mv /lib/tls /tls-disabled as noted in the 2.6 kernel announcements."

No problem from me to do that. Just dubious if (considering the hanged
update) it is something to do before, after, instead typing "halt" at
this second ssh window I have.

Thoughts, comments, explanations of what is actually happening?

Thanks in advance for any feedback,

Marco