[plug] RH updates availability?

[Bret Busby]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Paul Dean wrote:

> 
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

Hello, Paul.

Have run the command as you stated (it's in my post above), with no
apparent success.

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Bret Busby
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