[mythtv-users] yum upgrade "freezes" - can't continue

[Al McIntosh]

Michael Haan wrote:

> On 2/11/06, *Michael Haan* <michael.haan at gmail.com 
> <mailto:michael.haan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 2/11/06, *Al McIntosh* < junkmail at allanmcintosh.com
>     <mailto:junkmail at allanmcintosh.com>> wrote:
>
>         Michael Haan wrote:
>
>> This has happened multiple times now.  Following Jarod's
>         guide, I do a
>> fresh install of FC4 x86_64 then run "yum
>         upgrade".  Somewhere along
>> the way it "pauses".  The machine isn't frozen as I can break
>         out of
>> the upgrade by hitting ctrl-Z.  But then, re-running yum upgrade
>> gives me something about net-snmp being needed for net-snmp-libs.
>> Anyone else seen this and/or know how to get past it?
>
>
>
>         Sounds like you will not be using snmp. You could try `rpm -e
>         --test
>         net-snmp net-snmp-libs` if there are no complicated conflicts
>         then I would just remove it with rpm -e --test net-snmp
>         net-snmp-libs.
>
>         Also, when you use ctrl-Z it does not kill a process it simply
>         suspends
>         it. By doing so you could have many instances of yum sleeping
>         in the
>         background.  Use ctrl-C instead if you are trying to kill a hung
>         process. You can use 'jobs' to query processes running in your
>         current
>         shell. Or use ps -ef or top to see if you have yum sleeping.
>         With regard
>         to yum this could pose potential issues with open locks.
>
>
>
>     Good point - unfortunately, ctrl-c won't break-out.
>
>
>
> What's more, I tried to remove net-snmp, and it didn't work.  Has 
> anyone been able to run "yum upgrade" on an x86_64 under FC4?


What happened? How did you attempt to remove it?