Hello Les, all, On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:03:15 -0600 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > 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? Finally.. `yum reinstall '*'` fixed the issue(s). The RPMDB is now clean, yum is not warning anymore, there's no incomplete transaction, and the CentOS6 install seems fully functional. Thanks a lot to all, Ljubomir, Mark, Louis and Les, you really helped me (and it was quite critical I had to fix this quickly even if I didn't mention this point). Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120209/f399f529/attachment-0005.sig>