Will McDonald wrote: > On 31/08/06, Julio E. Gonzalez P. <jegp at 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 >From your second link: Yes, I did get lots of duplicate packages but I've already fixed that. Basically, what I did was to run Adam Stoke's script to remove duplcate packages. It can be located at http://astokes.org/?q=node/49 That website is no longer working. Is there still a copy of this script floating around? -- Bowie