Red Hat Network Up2Date problem

[Jim Cornette]

neil.derraugh at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The up2date icon on my task bar (system tray?) is telling me there are 6 updates to be had (0 ignored).  But when I run the app it, after querying the servers, it tells me that my system is up2date (sorry couldn't resist).  This has been going on for several weeks (if not months).
> 
> Any one know why?  Or how to resolve this issue?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Neil Derraugh
> 
> 

Several reasons can cause the updates available on the notification and 
no updates found when running up2date. One reason is if you use yum and 
the repostories selected are not as up2date as the main repository or 
selected repositories within the config file.
Another reason is that the mirror selection utility finds the fastest 
mirrors or just randomly selects mirrors. If it selects the fastest, 
this would be less congested because of the programs available are 
behind current, maybe a day or two behind.
A reason could also be that the archetecture of programs that you 
installed are a different archetecture than the rpms you installed. This 
could happen if you compiled a program for your arcetecture and a newer 
version is now available.
If you click on the panel icon, a screen should apear were you can see 
what programs are said to be available.

A feature of up2date that prevents downloading and installing the wrong 
archetecture rpm is that it will not select, download and install a 
different archetecture rpm, this prevents snafus with critical rpms that 
are i686 and different archs. If it did not have this care, things could 
get messy.
The applet shows packages that might be newer than the one installed and 
comes in handy if you compile from src rpms. You can download the 
source, compile, then install the newer versions in your preferred arch 
type.

Also, if you want to ignore these hangng around packages appearing in 
the norification applet, you can move these programs to your ignore 
packages area on the screen that pops up when you click on the icon.

I hope this helps out a bit.

Jim