yum提示Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit.

使用yum安装时，结果提示：

# yum -y install gcc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 25960.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...

可能是系统自动升级正在运行，yum在锁定状态中。
已经有一个yum进程在运行了，这时我们可以使用kill干掉他。

# kill -s 9 25960
# ps aux|grep yum
root      6744  0.0  0.0 103260   900 pts/1    S+   14:59   0:00 grep yum
root     25960  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Sep19   0:01 [yumBackend.py] <defunct>

如果kill也解决不了的话，也可以强制关掉yum进程。

#rm -f /var/run/yum.pid

之后就可以使用yum了