[CentOS] CentOS 4.1 yum update just hangs

[Johnny Hughes]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:02 -0400, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 
> >> I've had this exact same problem, and I uninstalled yum reinstalled it
> >> and it work for a day and then back to the same.  I've also had it
> >> working temporarily by doing a yum clean-all then yum makecache.  But
> >> next day it went back to doing the same old hang up.  I'm not sure if
> >> this is a yum problem or a centos problem.
> >> 
> >
> > I was having this exact issue recently. Or at least, Yum was hanging at the 
> > same stage as what you describe.
> >
> > It was recommended to me on this list to do the following:
> >
> > cd /var/lib/rpm
> > rm __db.00*
> > rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> > This seems to have cleared up the problem for me. It might work for you.
> 
> Are you running x86_64 ?
> Or is anyone here running x86_64 CentOS 4 and having success with yum 
> update ?
> _______________________________________________

I run x86_64 with no problems ...

What kind of install is it, Workstation or Server?

After the upgrade where RPM is upgraded, it is actually a good idea to
rebuild the database.

The machine I use to autobuild all updates is an x86_64 machine that
runs with 6 chroots.
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