This is a continuation of the thread:
"yum update fails: CentOS 5.2".
I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 and ran yum update.
It ran correctly, except for these issues:
1. As previously mentioned, after deciding what it
is going to do, It doesn't ask if its ok. But
if I type y<enter> it reports:
Is this ok [y/N]: Downloading Packages:
2. During the long period it is downloading files,
it doesn't print anything, giving the impression
that nothing is happening. Watching the lights,
and using WireShark and ARIN, I determined that
it was downloading from the Rochester Institute
of Technology. I decided that was good. During
the install phase, the expected logging appeared.
3. When it said it was finished, it didn't exit the
yum process; I did it with CRTL-C .
Mike.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote:> This is a continuation of the thread: > "yum update fails: CentOS 5.2". > > I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 and ran yum update. > > It ran correctly, except for these issues:Okay, a few things to get out of the way first What's the output of the following commands? uname -a rpm -Va python\* yum\* sqlite\* rpm -qa python\* How much ram do you have in the box? Have you installed any packages from 3rd party repositories? -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
> Bugs in yum updateplease stop crying "bug" just because you have a problem! - you did not hit a bug AFAYK - you don't know if the problem is with yum update Your symptoms make me think that you may have some package not installed. Something unrelated to yum, but related to shell, formatting, output ... Can't tell you what it could be.> I installed a fresh Centos 5.2that means exactly what? Kai -- Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
In article <gkgq6u$5fj$1 at ger.gmane.org>, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote:> This is a continuation of the thread: > "yum update fails: CentOS 5.2". > > I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 and ran yum update. > > It ran correctly, except for these issues: > > 1. As previously mentioned, after deciding what it > is going to do, It doesn't ask if its ok. But > if I type y<enter> it reports: > Is this ok [y/N]: Downloading Packages: > > 2. During the long period it is downloading files, > it doesn't print anything, giving the impression > that nothing is happening. Watching the lights, > and using WireShark and ARIN, I determined that > it was downloading from the Rochester Institute > of Technology. I decided that was good. During > the install phase, the expected logging appeared.This suggests that yum is not flushing output, possibly because it doesn't think it's stdio is on a tty. 1. Were you running yum update locally on the console, or remotely via a network connection of some kind, e.g. ssh? If you do it as a direct command to ssh (ssh myhost yum update) you might get those symptoms, unless you also give -t to ssh: ssh -t myhost yum update 2. If you were on the console, were you piping the output of yum through something else like tee? e.g. yum update | tee mylogfile If so, you might again get the same symptoms. If you want to capture the output of the session, use the script command: # script mylogfile Script started, file is mylogfile # yum update # exit Script done, file is mylogfile # If neither of the above is applicable, please explain exactly what you did, step by step, including what you might consider insignificant. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:31:20 +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote: [...]>> I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 > > that means exactly what? > > KaiI have a DVD image of CentOS 5.2 downloaded a few months ago. It is installed on an ftp server on a nearby machine. I booted the netinstall disk and did a complete install, removing all partitions, and reformatting the hard drive. Mike.