FC8 yum-updatesd-helper hangs

[Rahul Sundaram]

Jim Cornette wrote:

> There is a bug filed for this problem that was already posted earlier in 
> another thread. I believe the daemon program was designed to download 
> without warning.

It merely checks for metadata by default so that Pup can notify the user 
of new updates if any. Does not download any packages though it could be 
configured to auto download or install packages in the background.

Rahul