Yum is going berserk!

[David]

On 6/3/2012 3:27 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 06/02/2012 11:08 PM, Tim wrote:
>> Yes, I saw you use a different command line in your post, but was using
>> your experience as a general example.
> 
> I don't know if yum-complete-transaction asks for verification and I
> wasn't about to wait and find out.  Still, I agree with your point:
> using -y is dangerous.
> 
> Now, for more info.  Using package-cleanup --problems returned nothing;
> --dupes returned two version of bind-license.  I tried yum check-update
> and got the same list I had in the morning.  I did my normal yumex
> update today and it worked fine.  I guess that the failed update never
> got into the history, and that there's a corrupted transaction that
> needs cleaning out.


yum-complete-transaction  does just that. No it does not ask for your
okay. You already broke the install by aborting it.
Yum-complete-transaction is designed to be smarter than you and finish
what you broke when you halted in mid stride.

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  David