On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:39:57 -0800 Joe Christy <joe@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Joe, > Whenever I try to do an update with either of the applications > mentioned above, I get: > > [root@moby Recover]# yum update > Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 4642. > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to > exit... The problem is one of the yum-related programs left the yum.pid file behind. This fact is mentioned in the error output you have provided. Delete that file (/var/run/yum.pid), as root, and you should be good-to-go! Later, -David Chipman
