Re: yum update was ineffective?

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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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