On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> on a F21 machine, there occured a power cut. And now I cannot boot the >> machine, and when I use the rescue mode and try to run again >> >> yum update > > > I know I'm coming in late, and judging from other replies this probably > won't work, but have you tried yum-complete-transaction? I'd suggest using > --skip-broken, but that only checks for certain errors in the files rather > than doing what the name implies. > > Going off-topic for a moment, and presuming that dnf acts the same way (I > don't, as yet, have a box using it.) should there be a bugzilla either > complaining that the switch doesn't actually do what it says (e.g., skipping > to the next package if this one is broken instead of only being able to pull > it out of the transaction if the signature (I think it is.) doesn't match.) > or requesting that it be renamed to something more appropriate, with the > current switch being left as an alias for the correct one to keep scripts > from breaking. I'm neutral on the subject, although I'd prefer that > something be done to keep people from wasting time trying in cases where it > doesn't apply. Thanks, Joe. I have just tried yum-complete-transaction but with no success: the error message ("/lib64/libidn.so.11: file too short"). Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org