On Sat, 2012-06-02 at 12:04 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > I kept an eye on the terminal to see what was going on, and it's a > good thing, because suddenly it began spewing all sorts of packages > that it was going to erase. I used ^C to kill it because I didn't > want my system hosed. And this is why "yum -y" command lines are a bad idea. Any time I see someone suggest "yum -y [something]" on this list, I cringe. Because people will blindly follow that advice, and sometimes will hose their systems. Yes, I saw you use a different command line in your post, but was using your experience as a general example. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org