problem with hal-0.2.97.cvs20040823-1.i386.rpm

[Richard Hally]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:

>Anyone seen the haldaemon initscript from hal-0.2.97.cvs20040823-1.i386.rpm
>taking a cup of coffee or longer length of time to return when run? 
>
>The hanging happens at boot up if haldeamon is enabled
>And by hand after bootup with haldaemon is disabled at boot up.
>
>I've reverted back to hal-0.2.97.cvs20040819-1.i386.rpm  and I can't
>reproduce the problem.
>
>And here's the kicker.... if i have hal-0.2.97.cvs20040819 daemon
>running when i try to install
>hal-0.2.97.cvs20040823  the package install process stalls as well
>since whatever  the post/pre (un)install script being activated in
>that process makes a call to service haldaemon which hangs just like i
>see at boot up with hal-0.2.97.cvs20040819 installed.  Very not
>cool.... very not not cool when this happens during a yum update and
>stopping yum leaving the system with duplicate packages installed
>since yum's transaction didn't complete.
>
>Anyone else seeing this? Before I dig into the script logic looking
>for a smoking gun?
>
>-jef
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Yup, screwed up my 'yum update'. Now I don't know what states the 
packages are in or  how to recover.
Jeff you wanted breakage. Please be careful what you wish for...
Richard Hally