On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:49:01AM -0700, Donald Murray, P.Eng. enlightened us: > > On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 08:36 -0700, Donald Murray, P.Eng. wrote: > > > 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. > > > > until rhel/centos 5.2 comes out that is probably not a bad idea. > > > > -sv > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yum mailing list > > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > > Thanks Seth. We'll switch to cron for now. CentOS 5 has a yum-cron package that replicates the old behavior. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
