On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 04:08:47AM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > I've run into this problem before. My ISP appears to have some early > morning problem and when I start yum update it simply keeps trying > to find another update. I can live with that and just try again > later but there is no graceful way to tell yum to stop! > Please do not kill it as advised in the other response to the thread. You could corrupt your package database. You can simply hit Ctrl+c; yum/python is smart enough to under stand the user is trying to cancel. If it is downloading somehting, it will say to hit Ctrl+c again within 20s to confirm (or something along those lines), after the second Ctrl+c yum quits gracefully. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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