On Dec 5, 2007 11:37 AM, Donald Murray, P.Eng. <donaldm314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Back in the old days, when periodic yum updates where a cron-job, > I was able to issue 'yum install ...' or 'yum update ...' commands > with impunity. > > I'm running CentOS 5.1 and seeing the following: > [root@dmurray ~]# yum install perl-Date-Manip > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting. > [root@dmurray ~]# echo $( cat /var/run/yum.pid ) > 16744 > [root@dmurray ~]# service yum-updatesd status > yum-updatesd (pid 16744) is running... > [root@dmurray ~]# rpm -q yum yum-updatesd > yum-3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 > yum-updatesd-3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 > [root@dmurray ~]# > > If I merely _restart_ yum-updatesd, I can then immediately > do a 'yum ...' command as desired. > > What's the idiomatic way to update or install via yum, while > yum-updatesd is running? > > Thanks! > Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Is there something I should change in my yum-updatesd.conf? dmurray@dmurray:/home/dmurray 0> grep -v "^#" /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf [main] run_interval = 3600 updaterefresh = 600 emit_via = dbus dbus_listener = yes do_update = yes do_download = yes do_download_deps = yes I'm considering punting yum-updatesd and using a cron job instead. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
