[plug] RH updates availability?

[Paul Dean]

Hya,

It appears the up2date has go itself into a bit of a bind.
My suggestion is to do a manual download from a mirror site ie iiNet or
Planetmirror and make sure you have all of the files that are available.
Currently 57 packages in the i386 tree.

Once you have all the files then run 'rpm -Fvh *rpm' and I think you
find the updates will be applied.

Hope this helps...


> rpm -qi LPRng indicates release 4, install date Sat 29 June 2002.
> 
> lpq -V states " 'missingprinter at localhost' - cannot open connection - No
> such file or directory".
> 
> Doing an ls on /var/spool/up2date , shows .hdr and rpm files (I assume
> that .hdr = header), and, in that directory, is kernel-2.4.18-5.i586.hdr
> and the same .rpm . However, the login prompt still shows the kernel as
> 2.4.18-3 .
> 
> I logged in as root, cd'd to the /var/spool/up2date directory, and ran the
> command rpm -Fvh *rpm , then rebooted, and the login prompt still displays
> kernel 2.4.18-3 , so that appears to not have worked.
> 
> Ran up2date -uiv ; that returned "There are no packages available for
> update", after "Retrieving list of all available packages" and "Removing
> installed packages from list of updates", so it appears that the system is
> fully updated and the undated packages installed, but it still shows the
> kernel as being the version before the updating, on the login screen.
> 
> The Red Hat Alert Notification Tool dialogue box still shows "Your system
> is currently running kernel-2.4.18-3, but the newest installed kernel is
> kernel-2.4.18-5. It is recommended that you reboot at the first
> opportunity to test this new kernel." The blue tick icon in the bottom
> right corner of the Xwindows screen (using GNOME), with a mouseover,
> displays "No updates available (0 ignored)".
> 
> So, I am left wondering whether up2date does work, as the updated packages
> show as being downloaded and installed, but not operating, even after both
> cold and warm reboots.
> 
> Maybe rpm does not work in RH 7.3?
> 
> Confusion reigns.
> 
> 

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