auto-updates

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 07/08/09 16:19, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 07 August 2009 15:13:50 Tom Horsley wrote:
>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:50:44 +0100
>>
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> Of course you are not forced to update from that notifier.  I keep it on,
>>> simply as a notifier.  I then yum update at a time convenient to me.
>> If I have it on, I always find I get a message about the updates
>> being locked up by another process when I attempt to update at
>> a time convenient to me :-). That's why I disable it completely.
> 
> I've often seen that, if I try to do it immediately after seeing the notifier.  
> I simply stop the yum update attempt, wait 3-5 seconds, then start it again.  
> It hasn't failed me yet.

I see yum loop few second until the lock is released and then it continues
normally.

-- 
Erik.