Description of problem: If you try to run "debuginfo-install <package>" while yum is being used (for example, by PackageKit) it fails, and does not wait for the yum lock like some other tools do. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.1.23-3.fc12 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run a program that uses yum 2. Run "debuginfo-install <package>" 3. Watch it fail. Actual results: 'Another application is holding the yum lock, cannot continue' message, and it exits Expected results: debuginfo-intall tells me that another program holds the yum lock, and it tries again periodically until it can acquire the lock.
I am working on using the same locking in most yum newer yum-utils, that is used in yum-cli.
fixed in yum 3.2.26