In article gkgq6u$5fj$1@ger.gmane.org, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900@yahoo.com wrote:
This is a continuation of the thread: "yum update fails: CentOS 5.2".
I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 and ran yum update.
It ran correctly, except for these issues:
As previously mentioned, after deciding what it is going to do, It doesn't ask if its ok. But if I type y<enter> it reports: Is this ok [y/N]: Downloading Packages:
During the long period it is downloading files, it doesn't print anything, giving the impression that nothing is happening. Watching the lights, and using WireShark and ARIN, I determined that it was downloading from the Rochester Institute of Technology. I decided that was good. During the install phase, the expected logging appeared.
This suggests that yum is not flushing output, possibly because it doesn't think it's stdio is on a tty.
1. Were you running yum update locally on the console, or remotely via a network connection of some kind, e.g. ssh? If you do it as a direct command to ssh (ssh myhost yum update) you might get those symptoms, unless you also give -t to ssh: ssh -t myhost yum update
2. If you were on the console, were you piping the output of yum through something else like tee? e.g. yum update | tee mylogfile If so, you might again get the same symptoms. If you want to capture the output of the session, use the script command:
# script mylogfile Script started, file is mylogfile # yum update # exit Script done, file is mylogfile #
If neither of the above is applicable, please explain exactly what you did, step by step, including what you might consider insignificant.
Cheers Tony