On 12/01/2009 07:41 PM, fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:02:19 -0600
> From: Steven Stern <subscribed-lists(a)sterndata.com>
> Subject: yum-updatesd -- doesn't seem to do anything
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> I've installed yum-updatesd on my server (run level 3) and nothing seems
> to happen. It hasn't reported any updates for a long time, whether on
> F11 or F12. Yum update works, however.
>
Snip.
>
> # automatically install updates
> do_update = no
> # automatically download updates
> do_download = no
> # automatically download deps of updates
> do_download_deps = no
>
If you want yum-updatesd to actually do the updates you must set all
three of the above to yes.
I also set :
emit_via = syslog
dbus_listener = no
yum-updatesd silently does all updates for me on several machines.