Yum update seems to have stalled

[Jim Cornette]

Claude Jones wrote:
> I'm doing a reinstall and am now going through the update process.
> It found a huge number of upgrades and was moving through them,
> but now, on 933/969 it's been stalled for half an hour on
> 'completing update for gimp'. Is this normal? If not, what happens
> if I abort? If I choose to abort, is there a preferred way? 
> 
> Claude Jones
> Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
> Leesburg, VA, USA
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You might try yum -y update "a*" "b*" "c*"
and the like through the ... z.

I had this failure with an installation that needed many packages. 
Cutting down the initial quantity worked for me.

Jim

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