On Mon Jan 28 08:20:55 AM, Zube wrote: Follow-up, for the archives: > yum update was killed at an inopportune time, leaving ipa\* and xorg\* > in an inconsistent state. > > yum-complete-transaction looks like it it's going to erase the entire > system and then fails. > > >From the transaction files, the following are in: > > install 0:ipa-python-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 > install 0:ipa-client-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 > install 0:xorg-x11-server-common-1.10.6-1.0.1.el6.centos.x86_64 > install 0:ipa-admintools-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 > > rpm -q ipa-server returns: > > ipa-server-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 > ipa-server-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 > > rpm -q ipa-server-selinux returns: > > ipa-server-selinux-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 > > Thinking I could remove the old and then drop in the new, I tried: > > rpm -e ipa-server-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 ipa-server-selinux-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 > > but that fails with: > > ipa-server-selinux = 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 is needed by (installed) ipa-server-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 Taking both ipa-server's out: rpm -e ipa-server-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64 ipa-server-selinux-2.2.0-16.el6.x86 _64 ipa-server-2.2.0-17.el6_3.1.x86_64 worked. I was then able to: yum install ipa-server followed by rpm -e the other ipa\* and xorg\* duplicates that were listed, to get things back to a consistent state. I also ran: yum check for good measure. Lessons: 1) yum-complete-transaction is not a silver bullet. 2) Don't order the Kill Yum Special at the Derhay Cafe. Cheers, Zube