Really strange up2date behavior

[Matthew Saltzman]

I have several identically configured (more or less) FC3 machines.  On
most of them, "up2date <pkgname>" works as expected for original and
updated packages.  But on one machine, if <pkgname> is the name of
a package in the original distribution that hasn't been updated, "up2date
<pkgname>" reports that the package cannot be found.

This doesn't appear to have to do with mirrors, it has to do with the
particular machine.  Multiple attempts on the different machines do rotate
through the mirrors but the results are consistent on each machine I try.

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources is identical on all machines.

Any idea where I should look for other differences that might cause this
inconsist behavior?

TIA.


On the odd machine (note the status "not found"):

	# up2date emacs
	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3
	using mirror:
	http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os
	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3
	using mirror:
	http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/

	Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3...

	Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3...

	Fetching rpm headers...

	Name                                    Version        Rel
	----------------------------------------------------------


	The following packages you requested were not found:
	emacs

On the other machines (note the status "already updated":

	# up2date emacs
	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3
	using mirror:
	http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/
	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3
	using mirror:
	http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/

	Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3...

	Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3...

	Fetching rpm headers...

	Name                                    Version        Rel
	----------------------------------------------------------


	The following packages you requested are already updated:
	emacs

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs

[Qian Qiao]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:14:31 -0500 (EST), Matthew Saltzman
<mjs(a)ces.clemson.edu&gt; wrote:
>  I have several identically configured (more or less) FC3 machines. 
> On
>  most of them, "up2date <pkgname>" works as expected for original and
>  updated packages.  But on one machine, if <pkgname> is the name of
>  a package in the original distribution that hasn't been updated, "up2date
>  <pkgname>" reports that the package cannot be found.
>  
>  This doesn't appear to have to do with mirrors, it has to do with the
>  particular machine.  Multiple attempts on the different machines do rotate
>  through the mirrors but the results are consistent on each machine I try.
>  
>  /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources is identical on all machines.
>  
>  Any idea where I should look for other differences that might cause this
>  inconsist behavior?
>  
>  TIA.
>  
>  On the odd machine (note the status "not found"):
>  
>         # up2date emacs
>         http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3
>         using mirror:
>         http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os
>         http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3
>         using mirror:
>         http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/
>  
>         Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3...
>  
>         Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3...
>  
>         Fetching rpm headers...
>  
>         Name                                    Version        Rel
>         ----------------------------------------------------------
>  
>         The following packages you requested were not found:
>         emacs
>  
>  On the other machines (note the status "already updated":
>  
>         # up2date emacs
>         http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3
>         using mirror:
>         http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/
>         http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3
>         using mirror:
>         http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/
>  
>         Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3...
>  
>         Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3...
>  
>         Fetching rpm headers...
>  
>         Name                                    Version        Rel
>         ----------------------------------------------------------
>  
>         The following packages you requested are already updated:
>         emacs
>  
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>                 Matthew Saltzman
>  
>  Clemson University Math Sciences
>  mjs AT clemson DOT edu
>  http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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Trying use yum instead. I think it is encouraged to use yum instead of
up2date for FC releases. Instructions on yum are in man pages.

Good luck

-- Joe

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Sometimes money can't even buy a gun...

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 14.12.2004 schrieb Qian Qiao um 18:17:

>  Trying use yum instead. I think it is encouraged to use yum instead
> of
>  up2date for FC releases. Instructions on yum are in man pages. 
>  -- Joe 
Sorry, I disagree with this recommendation. This does not answer the
question about up2date's behaviour.

To Matthew:
Check the header files the strange behaving Fedora host contains below
/var/spool/up2date. Anything specific to be said about the emacs .hdr
file(s)? Maybe erase them and let them be refetched.

Alexander


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Really strange up2date behavior [SOLVED]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>  Am Di, den 14.12.2004 schrieb Qian Qiao um 18:17:
>
>  > Trying use yum instead. I think it is encouraged to use yum instead of
>  > up2date for FC releases. Instructions on yum are in man pages.
>
>  > -- Joe
>
>  Sorry, I disagree with this recommendation. This does not answer the
>  question about up2date's behaviour. 
Thanks.  I would think that if yum were the official preferred tool, it
would be the tool that pops up when one clicks the up2date taskbar icon.

>  To Matthew:
>  Check the header files the strange behaving Fedora host contains below
>  /var/spool/up2date. Anything specific to be said about the emacs .hdr
>  file(s)? Maybe erase them and let them be refetched. 
And that did it.  Thanks!

>  Alexander
>
>
>  
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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs