Gerry Tool wrote:
> My RHN applet indicated there were 7 updates to be installed, so as
> root, I ran
>
> yum update
>
> It went through the paces, eventually downloading 10 packages after
> several mirror changes to get the total set. It then presented me with
> the command line prompt.
You know, it would have been helpful if we could have checked yum's
output.
> Apparently it did not do an update, since RHN
> still indicated a need to update. I ran up2date and it went through the
> normal process, downloading and installing the updates. RHN applet is
> now blue again.
>
> Previously I remember that after a yum update, the RHN applet would turn
> blue, and it it didn't, asking it to check for updates would satisfy it.
>
> What happened?
>
Difficult to tell, now.
In FC3, both up2date and yum use random mirrors: they may well use
different random mirrors, one of which (the one yum used) is a bit
behind on synchronisation.
Or it's possible that you didn't spot an error message.
Did yum actually install those packages? Check /var/log/yum.log.
James.
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