yum update was ineffective?

[Gerry Tool]

James Wilkinson wrote:

>Gerry Tool wrote:
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>>My RHN applet indicated there were 7 updates to be installed, so as 
>>root, I ran
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>>yum update
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>>It went through the paces, eventually downloading 10 packages after 
>>several mirror changes to get the total set.  It then presented me with 
>>the command line prompt.
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>You know, it would have been helpful if we could have checked yum's
>output.
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>> Apparently it did not do an update, since RHN 
>>still indicated a need to update.  I ran up2date and it went through the 
>>normal process, downloading and installing the updates.  RHN applet is 
>>now blue again.
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>>Previously I remember that after a yum update, the RHN applet would turn 
>>blue, and it it didn't, asking it to check for updates would satisfy it.
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>>What happened?
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>Difficult to tell, now.
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>In FC3, both up2date and yum use random mirrors: they may well use
>different random mirrors, one of which (the one yum used) is a bit
>behind on synchronisation.
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>Or it's possible that you didn't spot an error message.
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>Did yum actually install those packages? Check /var/log/yum.log.
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>James.
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No, they are not shown as installed in /var/log/yum.log.
I'll repeat the attempt to use yum for updating with a package this 
morning.  I'll set the debug to 5 and see if that yields anything.