5 Sep
2006
5 Sep
'06
7:41 p.m.
The previously noted upgrade-to-4.4 recipe:
yum update yum sqlite python-sqlite ; yum update
worked more consistently than running "yum upgrade," but it too fell victim to the futex hang.
In my limited testing, a reboot of the machine before starting the upgrade gave me a 100% success rate.
Given two identical machines, one that had been used for a few days and one that was freshly rebooted, the former would exhibit a futex hang, while the latter updated just fine.
Cheers, Zube