Description of problem: Yum can not run sometimes because of the background downloader. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum yum-2.9.0-7 yum-metadata-parser-1.0-7 How reproducible: A few times through out the day Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use yum for daily use 2. Find that the yum-updatesd is locking the pid 3. Get annoyed, kill the pid that is holding the lockfile open Actual results: After killing the lock pid, yum works normally. Expected results: The interactive process should not be locked out, and I should be able to run the yum command.
This should be fixed in yum 2.9.1