yum update was ineffective?

[Gerry Tool]

James Wilkinson wrote:

>I wrote:
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>>Did yum actually install those packages? Check /var/log/yum.log.
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>Gerry Tool replied:
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>>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.
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>Hmm. Did they reach /var/cache/yum/$REPO-NAME/packages (probably
>/var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages)?
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>If so, try cd-ing there and running rpm --checksig on them.
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>James.
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Yes, they did reach there.  Here is the result.

[gerry at gstpc-fc3 packages]$ rpm --checksig *.rpm
arts-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
bash-3.0-18.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
cvs-1.11.17-4.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
gd-2.0.28-1.30.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
gnome-media-2.8.0-3.FC3.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
gpdf-2.8.0-8.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
hotplug-2004_04_01-8.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
initscripts-7.93.5-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
ipsec-tools-0.3.3-2.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
iptables-1.2.11-3.1.FC3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
jwhois-3.2.2-6.FC3.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdeaddons-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdeadmin-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdeartwork-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdebase-3.3.1-4.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdeedu-3.3.1-2.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdegames-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdegraphics-3.3.1-2.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdelibs-3.3.1-2.2.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdemultimedia-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdenetwork-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdepim-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdesdk-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdeutils-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
kdewebdev-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
libxml2-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
libxml2-python-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
openoffice.org-1.1.2-11.5.fc3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-11.5.fc3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-11.5.fc3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
shadow-utils-4.0.3-38.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
shadow-utils-4.0.3-40.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
slang-1.4.9-7.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
slang-devel-1.4.9-7.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
system-config-users-1.2.27-0.fc3.1.noarch.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
udev-039-10.FC3.1.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
words-3.0-2.noarch.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
zip-2.3-26.3.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK
[gerry at gstpc-fc3 packages]$

There are more packages here than just those from the instance 
reported.  There were 10 in that instance.  I am 90% sure those 10 are 
listed above, but don't have a terminal output from the instance to 
verify that.

I suppose I should check the current state of all these packages to see 
if they match or exceed these versions?
Gerry