On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 13:46 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:23:57 -0400, > seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > sure run yum like this: > > yum -d 3 update > > - look for lines that match this 'time:' > > - memory use before you hit 'y' at the prompt > > - memory use after you hit 'y' at the prompt > > OK, I'll try that the next few times I use yum (and that is pretty much > daily) and see if I get it to happen again. I'll try using script to keep > a record of all of the output, so that if you think of other things to > ask about later the data will be available. > > I did a yum install after that messages to reinstall the packages that > were pinning the 386 version of qt-x11 which was blocking updates and > things went much faster. So you hint that kernel updates may be related > to the problem might apply. > > This is getting serious enough that perhaps I should open a bugzilla entry > on the next occurrence. Would you prefer that or keeping things on the test > list? Honestly, neither. What you've identified so far isn't a yum bug. The point where the memory size explodes yum is inside rpm's transaction callback and memory-wise doing almost nothing. If you want to file a bug against rpm and cc me on it, that's fine. -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
