yum update on F8 now hangs as of today

[Fulko Hew]

For a variety of reasons, I'm still using F8 on my laptop.
I've been keeping up-to-date whenever new packages appear.

Today I see that there are a number of new packages:

================================================================================
 Package                      Arch     Version         Repository
Size
================================================================================
Updating:
 e2fsprogs                    i386     1.40.4-3.fc8    updates-newkey
610 k
 e2fsprogs-devel              i386     1.40.4-3.fc8    updates-newkey
644 k
 e2fsprogs-libs               i386     1.40.4-3.fc8    updates-newkey
138 k
 imlib2                       i386     1.4.2-2.fc8     updates-newkey
569 k
 perl-Data-Dump               noarch   1.11-1.fc8      updates-newkey
20 k
 selinux-policy               noarch   3.0.8-127.fc8   updates-newkey
424 k
 selinux-policy-devel         noarch   3.0.8-127.fc8   updates-newkey
549 k
 selinux-policy-targeted      noarch   3.0.8-127.fc8   updates-newkey
1.7 M
 xscreensaver-base            i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
506 k
 xscreensaver-extras          i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
3.6 M
 xscreensaver-extras-gss      i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
57 k
 xscreensaver-gl-base         i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
35 k
 xscreensaver-gl-extras       i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
3.8 M
 xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss   i386     1:5.07-3.fc8    updates-newkey
43 k

but yum hangs during the 'transaction test'

CPU time goes to zero... there is no activity.

I tried 'yum clean all'... no change.
I tried yum install of only a single package, and it still hangs.
I tried turning on debug:
   yum -d 10 update "imlib2"
and the last few lines are:

.
.
.

================================================================================
 Package        Arch         Version             Repository
Size
================================================================================
Updating:
 imlib2         i386         1.4.2-2.fc8         updates-newkey
569 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       1 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total size: 569 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
using local copy of imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc8.i386
Running rpm_check_debug
Member: imlib2.i386 0-1.4.2-2.fc8 - u
Adding Package imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc8.i386 in mode u
Member: imlib2.i386 0-1.4.2-1.fc8 - None
rpm_check_debug time: 0.126
Running Transaction Test
Member: imlib2.i386 0-1.4.2-2.fc8 - u
Adding Package imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc8.i386 in mode u
Member: imlib2.i386 0-1.4.2-1.fc8 - None

Since I just received notice that all outstanding bugzilla entries against
F8
are about to be deleted, there is no point in submitting one.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

TIA
Fulko
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