Bug has been filed: https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=looping+forever
Updating Cauldron is broken as of this morning - [root@mainfox rfox]# urpmi --auto-update -v getting lock on urpmi using mirror http://mirror.tuxinator.org/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64 retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/core/release media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core Release (distrib1)/MD5SUM medium "Core Release (distrib1)" is up-to-date retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/core/updates media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib3)/MD5SUM medium "Core Updates (distrib3)" is up-to-date retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/nonfree/release media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Release (distrib11)/MD5SUM medium "Nonfree Release (distrib11)" is up-to-date retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/tainted/release media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Tainted Release (distrib21)/MD5SUM medium "Tainted Release (distrib21)" is up-to-date retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/../../i586/media/core/release media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core 32bit Release (distrib31)/MD5SUM retrieving source synthesis of "Core 32bit Release (distrib31)"... $MIRRORLIST: media/../../i586/media/core/release/media_info/20121117-071824-synthesis.hdlist.cz retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/../../i586/media/core/release media_info/20121117-071824-synthesis.hdlist.cz computing md5sum of retrieved source synthesis updated medium "Core 32bit Release (distrib31)" retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/../../i586/media/core/updates media_info/MD5SUM comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core 32bit Updates (distrib33)/MD5SUM medium "Core 32bit Updates (distrib33)" is up-to-date examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Release (distrib1)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib3)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Release (distrib11)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Tainted Release (distrib21)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core 32bit Release (distrib31)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core 32bit Updates (distrib33)/synthesis.hdlist.cz] getting exclusive lock on rpm detecting looping forever while trying to resolve dependancies. Aborting... Try again with '-vv --debug' options at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 1061. unlocking rpm database unlocking urpmi database [root@mainfox rfox]#