On Thu Aug 31 12:32:35 PM, Zube wrote: > Two identical machines, both running CentOS 4.3 plus all the errata. > > First one: > > yum update > > went for a while and hung. At the bottom of the yum.log file was this: > > Aug 31 06:58:01 Updated: control-center.i386 1:2.8.0-12.rhel4.5 > Aug 31 06:58:09 Updated: iiimf-le-unit.i386 1:12.1-13.EL.5 > Aug > > The python process was in the process list, but it was consuming no > CPU time. I let it go for a couple of hours, then killed it and played > with the duplicate removal script posted previously. > > Second one: > > I tried a combination of suggestions previously posted: > > yum clean all > yum update yum sqlite python-sqlite python-urlgrabber python-elementtree > yum clean all > yum upgrade > > This also ran for a while and then hung in a similar fashion. The tail > of the yum.log is: > > Aug 31 11:29:08 Updated: at.i386 3.1.8-80_EL4 > Aug 31 11:29:09 Updated: samba-client.i386 3.0.10-1.4E.9 > Aug 31 11:29:21 Updated: anaconda.i386 10.1.1.46-1.cento Following up to my own message, upgrades to 4.4 have been much smoother with: yum update yum sqlite python-sqlite ; yum update I've yet to experience a hang using this. Many thanks to Karanbir Singh for the suggestion. Cheers, Zube