[rhn-users] ongoing problems with up2date

[Pete Cull x2315]

Matt Brock wrote:
> Hi Hiren.
> 
> On 18 May 2007, at 16:18, Hiren Patel wrote:
> 
>> maybe try using these to get more information on what up2date is doing:
>> -use -v with up2date to switch on verbose
>> -set 'debug=1' in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
> 
> Unfortunately neither of those show me anything useful. It just hangs in 
> the middle of downloading files without any explanation.
> 
>> the only other thing i can think of, is in extreme situations run
>> up2date from strace and try see what it is doing when it hangs.
> 
> OK. That shows me that it hangs just after the start of a recv, which 
> again shows that it's hanging during the file download process.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Matt.
> 
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While this is not a solution, try burning the rpm files to a thumb 
drive or CD and do the conventional " rpm -Uvh *.* " and "walk" them 
through a few systems.  Based on your success/failure, " rpm 
http://yourtrustedlocalwebserver/.../file.rpm " - this is of course
a workaround while you're troubleshooting your original problem.  BTW,
if failures occur during an ordinary " rpm -i or rpm -U " consider
the -vv switch for more information. FWIW.