Yum update seems to have stalled

[Claude Jones]

On Mon May 2 2005 11:10 pm, Raman Gupta wrote:
>
> My yum update also froze on a newly installed Fedora Core 3 system.
> Ctrl-C did not work -- after a kill -9, and another "yum update" I was
> told that everything was up to date.  However, I was suspicious so I
> checked my rpm database and there were about 30 packages that had been
> upgraded but the older package had not been removed.
>
> Fixing the problem involved an rpm -e on each of the older duplicate
> packages, and then a re-install of the newer package to restore several
> missing files that got deleted in the older package removal (seemed like
> mostly localization files).  I used the yum cached rpm's for the
> reinstall, so at least the packages did not have to be downloaded again.
>
How do you check the rpm database and determine that packages have been 
upgraded and older ones not removed? I know how to delete old packages, but 
how do you find the ones that are in the state you discuss? 
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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA