Unable to use dnf to update Openssl [Was: Re: Openssl heartbleed]

[Dennis Gilmore]

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On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:00:54 +1000
Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 17:57 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > 
> > The update has been available since yesterday afternoon. You have to
> > restart your services after installing it.
> 
> So, I tried to update openssl as the announcement suggested. I
> couldn't do it via dnf:
> 
> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/92743/70087521
> 
> Yum worked just fine:
> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/92744/13970085
> 
> Is something the matter with dnf's solver? Bug worth filing?

it is how dnf is designed to work. it refreshes the cache in the
background periodically. so wont have the new metadata. "dnf clean
metadata" followed by "dnf update" should have worked okay. It's a side
effect and design decision of dnf.

Dennis
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