On 31/08/06, Julio E. Gonzalez P. jegp@netvision.com.py wrote:
I have the same problem here... Anyone has something to say about this? Thanks. Julio.
Try strace-ing the process ID of the yum process to see if it's stuck at the "futex" call/stage. I tried blithely "yum update"-ing my test system earlier and it hung on this.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=strace+futex&meta=
Now the system's in a little bit of a state consistency-wise. Fortunately, we've covered this ground before. :)
*cuts* *pastes*
Check the list archives for :
"futex.. How to remove lots of duplicate packages"
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/thread.html#62319
"yum update killed on cleanup stage - anything to worry about?"
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/thread.html#62568
Will.