Remove update queue

[David Timms]

Norm wrote:
> How does one remove the update queue in fc6
> I used the update software process and tried to update some 
> applications.  This time it told me that it needed libetpan  so it could 
> update some applications.  In the past it I removed the "trouble 
> applications from the queue and found the dependency and installed it 
> all worked well.  This time when I try to install  the dependency I am 
> told I can not install it until I install l the very dep I am trying to 
> install because the dep is need to install other applications.  At a 
> guess I should be able to get things under control if I can flush the 
> queue. Any suggestions as to how I can get past this circular logic loop?
If you mean pup {Software Updater}, it uses yum as it's backend. As root 
user in a terminal you can
# yum clean metadata
and try again if no go:
# yum clean all

If that was no help, can you reference the actual package names you are 
trying to get updated ?

DaveT.