gpk-update-viewer vs. yum
Beartooth
beartooth at comcast.net
Mon Dec 20 18:02:50 UTC 2010
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:01:08 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: BeartoothHOS <beartooth at comcast.net> | Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010
> 18:51:05 +0000 (UTC) |
> | Is it just me??
> |
> | I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if |
the
> machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the gpk function |
> claims there are no updates; but if I doubt that and run yum update, it
> | may immediately get over a hundred -- or at least report a failure to
> | connect.
> |
> | Couldn't gpk do the same??
>
> I've just experienced this. It seems to be related to
> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543871> but that is marked
> as closed having been fixed for Fedora 13.
>
> To compound the problem, when I enable the network using nm,
> gpk-update-viewer still reports "All software is up to date" without
> bothering to use the now-available network connection.
>
> I've got several other grumbles that I've mentioned in
> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543871#c7>
Note Hugh's date (June); it's mid December, and I'm still getting
the same thing.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.
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