Re: Unable to use dnf to update Openssl [Was: Re: Openssl heartbleed]

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On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:48:16 -0700
Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 21:39 -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:00:54 +1000
> > Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 17:57 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The update has been available since yesterday afternoon. You
> > > > have to restart your services after installing it.
> > > 
> > > So, I tried to update openssl as the announcement suggested. I
> > > couldn't do it via dnf:
> > > 
> > > http://paste.fedoraproject.org/92743/70087521
> > > 
> > > Yum worked just fine:
> > > http://paste.fedoraproject.org/92744/13970085
> > > 
> > > Is something the matter with dnf's solver? Bug worth filing?
> > 
> > it is how dnf is designed to work. it refreshes the cache in the
> > background periodically. so wont have the new metadata. "dnf clean
> > metadata" followed by "dnf update" should have worked okay. It's a
> > side effect and design decision of dnf.
> 
> I don't see what metadata has to do with it, it's a simple transaction
> to update two package files that exist locally. No repo metadata ought
> to be involved. If it works with yum it should work with dnf.

dnf's copy of the metadata is out of date, it doesnt know about the new
update and so can not fetch them and install them until it refreshes
the metadata, which is a process it hides from the users in the name of
making the user experience better.

Dennis
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