Yum disaster! DELETED mysql!

Temlakos temlakos at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 21:36:01 UTC 2005


Robin Laing wrote:
> Temlakos wrote:
> 
>> Nat Gross wrote:
>>
>>> Finally yum worked today. I wish it did not!
>>> It dl'd 36 packages, including mysql 3.x although this server is 
>>> actively running mysql 4.1x.
>>> Everything with yum seemed perfect, when I happened to glance at the 
>>> screen as yum listed "deleted mysql" on the console. I said to 
>>> myself, "nah, can't be". BUT, it did! NO TRACE of mysql is on the 
>>> system! In the yum cache the 3.x rpm sits, the client programs are 
>>> there, but NO SERVER. No related files or service. (#'service mysql 
>>> start' reports "mysql: unrecognized service".
>>> I do have my data, thank god.
>>> Running FC3 latest kernel (yum updated it today) on a 1.6ghz Dell 
>>> 4500s with 1 gig ram.
>>>
>>> 1. WHY did yum do this?! 1B. Especially that mysql service was ACTIVE 
>>> at the time! What about my users!???
>>>
>>> 2. HOW do I prevent this from happening again?
>>>
>>> 3. Should I DUMP yum?
>>>
>>> Your input is appreciated.
>>> -nat
>>>
>>
>> I use smart, myself. And in smart, I can "lock" a package and make 
>> sure that it doesn't go anyplace. I can even see in advance what 
>> "smart" is going to upgrade or downgrade or remove /before/ it happens.
>>
>> No, don't /dump/ yum. But neither should you use it as your primary 
>> package updater. I keep it around for certain situations such as 
>> "repository reported unexpected size" that I've been seeing lately 
>> from some of the jpp repos.
>>
>> Temlakos
>>
> 
> I use Yumex and read through the list of updates.  Yumex is in extras.
> 

Yumex is, of course, a GUI front-end for yum. I use it, too, when smart 
gives me any kind of trouble. I would never try to manage updates with 
only one package manager.

Temlakos




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