Howdy, It seems there is a bug with yum update when it needs to update packages that have various architectures. I could have sworn that this used to work, but now it isn't. The problem is that if a package has multiple architectures (such as glibc or kernel that have i386 and i686) and the user tries to update just that package (yum update kernel -or- yum update glibc) then yum tells them that the file is up to date, when it really isn't. Here's the problem in more detail #yum list kernel Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 main Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Name Arch Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kernel i686 2.4.18-10 Looking in Installed Packages: Name Arch Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kernel i686 2.4.18-3 #yum update kernel Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 main Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers kernel is the latest version If you do just a yum update (which get's everything) then it will work, but alot of the times, if the user is cautious, they like to do things one at a time, or only need one things updated. #yum update Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 main Getting headers from: Fermi Linux 731 updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [install: kernel.i686] [install: kernel-smp.i686] [update: pam_krb5.i386] [update: kernel-source.i386] [update: lokkit.i386] Is this ok [y/N] This is a unaltered yum 0.9.2 Any ideas? Troy - __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson dawson@xxxxxxxx (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/OSS CSI Group __________________________________________________
