yum update was ineffective?

[James Wilkinson]

I wrote:
> Did yum actually install those packages? Check /var/log/yum.log.

Gerry Tool replied:
> No, they are not shown as installed in /var/log/yum.log.
> I'll repeat the attempt to use yum for updating with a package this 
> morning.  I'll set the debug to 5 and see if that yields anything.

Hmm. Did they reach /var/cache/yum/$REPO-NAME/packages (probably
/var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages)?

If so, try cd-ing there and running rpm --checksig on them.

James.

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