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. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050822/b223a179/attachment-0005.sig>