Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 185757
Yum memory increasing until freezing system with CPU at 100%
Last modified: 2014-01-21 17:53:52 EST
Description of problem: When I try to do a "yum list updates" as root Yum starts: Setting up repositories development 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 livna-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 pyvault 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 CRAN 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.2 MB 00:04 But here it just consumes more memory and memory with 100% CPU. If I don't stop it it just freezes my system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-2.4.1-1.fc4 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. log under root and cd into empty dir a 2. run "yum list updates" 3. yum displays logs as described above 4. kill yum before it's too late :-( Actual results: Need to kill Yum!!!!! And can't update the system. Expected results: It should give the list op packages to be updated. Additional info: I updated squid and sqllite a few days ago... If I remember well. And other thing but I don't think I updated yum the day before it started.
the python sqllite package is: python-sqlite-1.1.6-1 and sqllite is: sqlite-3.3.3-1.2
where did you get the sqlite pkg from? It didn't come in FC4 that I can see.
I don't know I am not sure. I have to see whether I can get this info from the log files but here the relevant info from rpm -qi sqlite Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Build Date: Sun 12 Feb 2006 10:39:28 CET Build Date: sqlite-3.3.3-1.2.src.rpm Build Host: hs20-bc1-4.build.redhat.com Install Date: Thu 16 Mar 2006 13:54:52 CET Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 07 Mar 2006 00:45:46 CET, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
that appears to have been pulled out of rawhide.
It is possible and even probable. Sorry if you think it is not relevant. I could have waited for a new version of yum and try ( that is uninstall sqlite and yum and redo things). I thought it would be better if you knew. My understanding is that the development branch is still relevant. Or it is not when the diverse fedora tests are out there ? N.B: the version installed has: Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 07 Mar 2006 00:45:46 CET, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2 and the fedora 4.92: Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 14 Feb 2006 22:20:44 CET, Key ID da84cbd430c9ecf8 The rest apart from that is exacltly the same: even the size.
Problem solved (probably due to python24-sqlite!!! my fault!!!!!) Well I installed the yum rpm from fedora Core 5. It still did not work. The package sqlite I had on my computer seemed the same as the one in rawhide and now also the same as in fedora 5. I downloaded python-sqlite from Fedora 5 and did rpm -U python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.i386.rpm Clash with python24-sqlite ( which I thought I had remove a few month ago. I guess I had not cleaned the python24 packages well enough). so I removed "python24-sqlite" with rpm -e python24-sqlite And updated: rpm -U python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.i386.rpm and now everything seems to work fine. Sorry for the trouble!