Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Lee Perez <leecajun at windstream.net> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Quick question, I just finished googling and found the thread that is >> dealing with the rpmdup_remover.sh script, and thanks to everyone that >> was involved in this. I followed the following threads: >> http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/centos@centos.org/11086209.html >> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=17166&forum=37 >> >> Which lead me to the following link and the script: >> >> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=10139&forum=27&post_id=32527 >> >> I started an update at about 5pm on the 30th and here it is 2:30 in the >> morning on the 31st. I want to kill this update and start over. I >> usually get around 155 KB/s now I'm getting 455 B/s. I do believe it is >> the mirror that I am connected to. I just want to make sure that by >> using the above mentioned script that I am going the right way. >> >> Just looking for a little reassurance before I do it. If I don't I >> don't think this thing will finish until sometime next week :-) and >> that is a bit long. >> > > If you are still in the middle of downloading, it should be safe > tostop it. Try Control-C once and see if you get to a faster mirror. > Do the second Control-C to stop the transfer entirely. > > The script you referred to will work if a yum session gets interrupted > and you end up with duplicates. Otherwise, you can try > yum-complete-transaction (included in yum-utils) to ... er ... > complete transactions. > > Akemi / toracat > _______________________________________________ > > Hi Akemi, Thanks. I just went and checked it expecting it to still be downloading and lo and behold, it finished. The mirror must have just been really getting hammered. Thanks for the info I will keep this bit handy just in case!! Thanks again. Lee Perez