Running Transaction Test ...

[Frank-Michael Fischer]

Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:
> When issuing:
>
>     yum -y install gnomebaker
>     gstreamer08-plugins-extra-dvd libdvdnav libdvdplay mplayer-docs
>
> the whole installation stops at:
>
>     Running Transaction Test
>
> and that's it.
>
> What could I do to have this installation finished?
>
> Moreover I cannot stop this install properly, with "kill" only. Which
> leaves me with a "/var/run/yum.pid". Which in turn forces me to go root
> and delete it manually. Did I run into a bug here?
>
> FMF
>   

Figured out the bug: this happens always when some (non-related) nfs
share goes dead, because the corresponding nfs server fails.
Recommendation: make sure you unmount nfs shares before some "yum install".

FMF