Annoying yum message

[Frank Murphy]

On 11/05/12 16:15, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> When I try to update yum, I often get the following message
> (many times):
> ------------------------------
> Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
>    The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
> ------------------------------
>
> I usually just "kill -9" the other app.
> But is there any other way of dealing with this?
> Could I safely kill yum-updatesd permanently?
>

(yum-updatesd is a service that checks for updates.)

systemctl disable yum-updatesd.service
will disable the service.


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Regards,
Frank
"Jack of all, fubars"