Yum Command Fails – Exiting on user cancel

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Table of Contents Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Applies To ...................................................................................................................................................... 1

Error .............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Cause ............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Resolution ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

Modify – grabber.ph Python Script ........................................................................................................... 2

Yum – List Packages .................................................................................................................................. 3

Yum Command Fails – Exiting on user cancel

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Overview

Yum command or update fails with “keyboard Interrupt ….Exiting on user cancel”

Applies To

CentOS 7

Error

With the below error message:

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1517, in _do_perform

raise KeyboardInterrupt

KeyboardInterrupt

Cause

It is a bug.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=1091740

Resolution

Edit the file “grabber.py”; run the below command.

vi +1510 /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py

Yum Command Fails – Exiting on user cancel

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Modify – grabber.ph Python Script

Update the python script on the line number “1510”.

From

elif errcode in (42, 55, 56):

To

elif errcode in (42):

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Yum – List Packages

List the packages again, the issue should be resolved now.