software update & SELinux libraries

[Lowell]

Hi!
Three times  over the last few days, the Software Update program has 
announced that it has 10 updates it wants to install. I okay this, 
provide the password to approve it, the program gets the list of pkgs. 
(a few SELinux libraries, a microcode reader, an ffmpeg lib, among 
others) downloads, attempts to install, fails and closes; the details 
say "Fail;fail'
This is Fedora 17 64-bit Gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A665.
    Thought you might like to know of this.
thx
Lowell Premer

[SternData]

On 06/23/2012 11:23 AM, Lowell wrote:
>  Hi!
>      Three times  over the last few days, the Software Update program has
>  announced that it has 10 updates it wants to install. I okay this,
>  provide the password to approve it, the program gets the list of pkgs.
>  (a few SELinux libraries, a microcode reader, an ffmpeg lib, among
>  others) downloads, attempts to install, fails and closes; the details
>  say "Fail;fail'
>     This is Fedora 17 64-bit Gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A665.
>     Thought you might like to know of this. 
>   
What do you see if you run "sudo yum update" from terminal?

-- 
-- Steve

[Bob Gustafson]

My behavior was slightly different. Update downloaded lists and found
what needed updating, and then just paused. I think I rebooted to clear
whatever the update program was waiting for. I have two systems which
are very similar and both are running Fedora 17 64bit Gnome.

I wonder if the problem is somewhere other than selinux though.

Bob G


On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 11:23 -0500, Lowell wrote:
>  Hi!
>      Three times  over the last few days, the Software Update program
>  has announced that it has 10 updates it wants to install. I okay this,
>  provide the password to approve it, the program gets the list of pkgs.
>  (a few SELinux libraries, a microcode reader, an ffmpeg lib, among
>  others) downloads, attempts to install, fails and closes; the details
>  say "Fail;fail' 
>     This is Fedora 17 64-bit Gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A665.
>     Thought you might like to know of this.
>  thx
>  Lowell Premer
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[Lowell]

Sent this to Steven Stern, who advised me to do it "by hand": run "sudo 
yum update" which I did, results below. (Should've replied to list to 
begin with, I bet...)

"Wow! It downloaded & installed 129 different programs, pieces of 
firmware, & even  a new kernel (3.3.4); mixed in among that number were 
at least some of the original 10 (microcode-reader, ffmpeg, some of the 
SELinux libs, anyway).

So, broken gui updater? Stop relying on it and run the yum command 
periodically?"


On 06/23/2012 02:30 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>  My behavior was slightly different. Update downloaded lists and
> found
>  what needed updating, and then just paused. I think I rebooted to clear
>  whatever the update program was waiting for. I have two systems which
>  are very similar and both are running Fedora 17 64bit Gnome.
>
>  I wonder if the problem is somewhere other than selinux though.
>
>  Bob G
>
>
>  On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 11:23 -0500, Lowell wrote:
> > Hi!
> >      Three times  over the last few days, the Software Update program
> > has announced that it has 10 updates it wants to install. I okay this,
> > provide the password to approve it, the program gets the list of pkgs.
> > (a few SELinux libraries, a microcode reader, an ffmpeg lib, among
> > others) downloads, attempts to install, fails and closes; the details
> > say "Fail;fail'
> >     This is Fedora 17 64-bit Gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A665.
> >     Thought you might like to know of this.
> > thx
> > Lowell Premer
> > --
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> > selinux(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux
>
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