denis <denisb+gmane@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > I have a set of RHEL5.2 servers. They were installed with the exact same > kickstart profile and the difference in setup is purely the time of > install. > > During a routine check of the packages installed on a pair of these I > discovered that the "older" server had old versions listed for various > packages, snippet of the diff below : > > --- rpmlist.oldsrv 2009-01-08 15:45:05.072961519 +0100 > +++ rpmlist.newsrv 2009-01-08 15:45:09.239815270 +0100 > @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ > audit-libs-1.6.5-9.el5 > audit-libs-python-1.6.5-9.el5 > authconfig-5.3.21-3.el5 > -autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.88 > autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.88.el5_2.1 > bacula-client-2.0.3-10.el5 > bacula-common-2.0.3-10.el5 > @@ -21,12 +20,9 @@ > bc-1.06-21 > beecrypt-4.1.2-10.1.1 > bind-libs-9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2 > -bind-libs-9.3.4-6.P1.el5 > bind-utils-9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2 > -bind-utils-9.3.4-6.P1.el5 > binutils-2.17.50.0.6-6.el5 > bzip2-1.0.3-4.el5_2 > -bzip2-libs-1.0.3-3 > bzip2-libs-1.0.3-4.el5_2 > > I found this a bit strange, these were simply set up and updated via yum > update, the normal way. > Checking the syslog confirms, with events like this : > > messages.3:Dec 19 10:08:45 oldsrv yum: Updated: bzip2-libs - > 1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64 Given it's x86_64 you might want to add the arch to your package lists. For instance having an older bzip2-libs.i386 is not _as_ bad as having two versions of the .x86_64 package. > Is this a known issue? Is this even Yum related or RPM related? > In case this is a known issue, is there an easy way to purge the old > versions of said packages? It is a bug. It's not a known issue, and it's hard to say whether it was yum or rpm that caused the bug. Both rpm and yum have had updates for numerous bug fixes since 5.0 GA. For the cleanup you probably want to install yum-utils and run: package-cleanup --dupes --problems # This will show you problems package-cleanup --cleandupes # This should auto fix any dup problems -- James Antill -- james@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
