On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/14/2013 12:01 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > >> On 13/05/13 09:49, R Morris wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I had this recently when I did ctrl-c in the middle of a long 'yum -y >>> update' >>> and was left with 161 duplicate packages and a feeling of deep regret.... >>> >>> i had to write script to do >>> >>> rpm -e <packag> --nodeps >>> >>> on a list of the duplicate packages. The system is now fully >>> functional again >>> and I have learnt my lesson! >>> >> >> Couldn't yum-complete-transaction (from the yum-utils package) help you >> clean up this? At least let it complete and then clean up the packages >> you don't need/want afterwards. This should (in theory at least) do the >> same thing in a more safe and controlled manner. >> >> >> kind regards, >> >> David Sommerseth >> >> >> # yum-complete-transaction > Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit > 32 packages excluded due to repository priority protections > No unfinished transactions left. > Perhaps 'package-cleanup --cleandupes' 'man package-cleanup' for details. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Anderson | [email protected] Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Office: 50A-5104E | Mailstop 50A-5101 Phone: 510 486-4208 | Fax: 510 486-4204
