[WBEL-users] up2date error
Philip R. Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner@NASA.gov
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:20:52 -0400
On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 11:29 -0600, Mike Staver wrote:
> Ok, so running this:
>
> yum update
>
> That just updates all packages on my server that need updating? I'm new
> to yum, and when I tried that command it ended up running for like an
> hour just downloading things - should I continue to let it do that?
If you haven't been running yum, it will have to download a LOT of
headers first. Can take a very long time, particularly if not on a fast
connection. The resolution of dependencies and package downloads may
also take quite a while if you have a lot of packages to update. Let it
run.
Phil