Annoying yum message

[Timothy Murphy]

When I try to update yum, I often get the following message
(many times):
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Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
  The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
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I usually just "kill -9" the other app.
But is there any other way of dealing with this?
Could I safely kill yum-updatesd permanently?

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Timothy Murphy  
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