Re: Trashed Yum Fedora Core 5

Jeanette Russo wrote:

Never mind I didn't realize that yum runs all the time. Just have to
exit the process

Yum doesn't normally run all the time,
just when you ask it to, eg with "yum update".
It should exit when it has finished.
(Nb It asks you if you want it to do its work,
and it may be waiting for you to answer.)


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