[CentOS] Eeek, my centos6 box won't boot after broken update, need help w/ yum

Wed Feb 8 18:03:15 UTC 2012
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:

> > > From a console, I wanted to complete the yum update and it suggested me
> > > to do a `yum-complete-transaction`.
> > >
> > > yum-complete-transaction tells me that 447 elements are left to run in
> 1
> > > transaction, runs and show lots of "Removing <packagename> - ud from
> > > the transaction" then processes lots of stuff, and ends with listing
> > > lots of duplicate packages (mostly Xorg stuff) and.. and that's all.
> > > Same stuff if I start that command again.
> > >
> > > A `yum cleanup` doesn't change it.
> > >
> > > Any hint how I could get of that deadly loop?
> > >
> > >
> > Are you actually answering yes and letting it continue or stopping when
> you
> > see the list of things it needs to do?
>



> I tried both :-) (first time: no, second time: yes).
>
> Tried also `rpm --rebuilddb`, no effect. Will try `yum history sync` or
> `yum reinstall` or.. really reinstall.
>
>
Are you seeing errors from yum as it tries to complete the steps it says it
needs to complete the transaction?  Does it still show a bunch of duplicate
packages?

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   Les Mikesell
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