On 05/17/2013 02:41 PM, Jeffrey Anderson wrote:
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> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>     On 05/14/2013 12:01 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
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>         On 13/05/13 09:49, R Morris wrote:
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>             Hi All,
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>             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....
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>             i had to write script to do
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>             rpm -e <packag> --nodeps
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>             on a list of the duplicate packages. The system is now fully
>             functional again
>             and I have learnt my lesson!
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>         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.
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>
>         kind regards,
>
>         David Sommerseth
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>     # yum-complete-transaction
>     Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit
>     32 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
>     No unfinished transactions left.
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>
> Perhaps 'package-cleanup --cleandupes'
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> 'man package-cleanup' for details.
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> Jeffrey Anderson                        | [log in to unmask]



# package-cleanup --cleandupes
Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit
32 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
No duplicates to remove