yumex wedges upgrading kernel in /sbin/new-kernel-pkg & friends
Steve Siegfried
sos at zjod.net
Fri Sep 7 06:57:12 UTC 2007
Andy Green wrote:
>
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> > Gang,
> >
> > I'm looking for suggestions on this one....
>
> >> 5085 pts/10 D+ 0:00 | \_ /sbin/nash --forcequiet
>
> Why not run yum via strace -f and try to figure out what nash is up to.
>
> One of the things mkinitrd likes to do, maybe via nash, who knows?, is
> reach out and twiddle devices like floppies. If there is something
> about your floppy situation that could invite a hang...
>
> -Andy
>
Well, I tried "strace -f yum update" inside of script(1)... and it worked, sorta.
The /boot/grub/grub.conf file wasn't updated; had to do that by hand.
It also produced a 1356119 line typescript file that didn't mention nash anywhere.
Thus, at a minimum, we can conclude:
1- yum != yumex
2- mkinitrd and/or nash is brittle, especially with yumex
3- updating grub.conf is brittle, especially with yum.
and finally,
4- upgrade kernels with yum, not yumex, and
5- check your answers twice before rebooting.
Thanks, Andy.
-S
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