[rhn-users] Up2date problems
Knutsen, Mark
Mark.Knutsen at nasdaq.com
Fri Aug 6 20:43:10 UTC 2004
Regarding your first question: Red Hat doesn't support that upgrade; how
did you perform it?
Instructions I've posted to this list note that the redhat-release
package changed names (to "redhat-release-3AS", for example), so you may
have both lying around. Pop in CD #1 and:
mount /mnt/cdrom (if necessary)
rpm -e redhat-release
rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/redhat-release*
Maybe that will help.
Also, some RHL8 packages that no longer exist in RHEL3 may cause
dependency problems when you run up2date. If this happens, note the
error message and remove the offending packages. Keep a running package
list and post it here to benefit others. I've posted a similar list for
RHL9 -> RHEL3 upgrades.
-----Original Message-----
From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Lacy
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:41 PM
To: rhn-users at redhat.com
Subject: [rhn-users] Up2date problems
Having problems with a couple of systems running up2date:
1) I recently upgraded one system from RH8 to RH Enterprise AS.
Up2date runs fine, but the system itself still insists on identifying
itself to RHN as a Redhat 8 system, which means I can't entitle the
system to Enterprise AS updates (the entitlement is there just waiting
on it). Redhat-release says it's RH Enterprise, so I'm a bit boggled as
to what to do.
2) Another Enterprise AS install:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1190, in ?
sys.exit(main() or 0)
File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 669, in main
up2dateAuth.updateLoginInfo()
File "up2dateAuth.py", line 141, in updateLoginInfo
File "up2dateAuth.py", line 105, in login
File "up2dateAuth.py", line 49, in maybeUpdateVersion
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateUtils.py", line 228, in
getVersion
release, version = getOSVersionAndRelease()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateUtils.py", line 221, in
getOSVersionAndRelease
raise up2dateErrors.RpmError(
up2date_client.up2dateErrors.RpmError: RPM error. The message was:
Could not determine what version of Red Hat Linux you are running.
If you get this error, try running
rpm --rebuilddb
I've done rpm --rebuilddb, and that didn't help. I did rpm -q
redhat-release it claimed it wasn't on the system, but the files are on
the system. I think the RPM database is hosed, because it says
/bin/bash and /bin/sh don't belong to any packages.
Any ideas before I break down and call support? :P
Thanks,
Scott
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