Re: [LUG] Any yummers?

[bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx>]

On 13/04/13 11:40, Kevin Lucas wrote:
> Hi all
>
> any experience with yum?
>
> I have a remote machine 330 miles away, which got a powercut when  yum
> updating. 
>
> I hadnt noticed this until some wiered things started with Gnome and
> SeLinux..
> doing a yum check gives this (truncated )
> yum check
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
> colord-libs-0.1.31-1.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> colord-libs-0.1.30-1.fc18.i686
> krb5-libs-1.10.3-14.fc18.i686 is a duplicate with
> krb5-libs-1.10.3-5.fc18.i686
> mesa-libEGL-9.1-3.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> mesa-libEGL-9.1-1.fc18.i686
> mesa-libGL-9.1-3.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> mesa-libGL-9.1-1.fc18.i686
> mesa-libgbm-9.1-3.fc18.i686 is a duplicate with
> mesa-libgbm-9.1-1.fc18.i686
> mesa-libglapi-9.1-3.fc18.i686 is a duplicate with
> mesa-libglapi-9.1-1.fc18.i686
> 1:openssl-1.0.1e-4.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> 1:openssl-1.0.1e-3.fc18.x86_64
> 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-4.fc18.i686 is a duplicate with
> 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-3.fc18.x86_64
> 4:perl-5.16.2-240.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> 4:perl-5.16.2-239.fc18.x86_64
> 1:perl-Archive-Extract-0.58-240.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> 1:perl-Archive-Extract-0.58-239.fc18.noarch
> #############################Shed load more perl#####
> perl-threads-shared-1.40-240.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> perl-threads-shared-1.40-239.fc18.x86_64
> 3:perl-version-0.99-240.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> 3:perl-version-0.99-239.fc18.noarch
> poppler-0.20.2-11.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> poppler-0.20.2-10.fc18.x86_64
> poppler-glib-0.20.2-11.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> poppler-glib-0.20.2-10.fc18.x86_64
> poppler-utils-0.20.2-11.fc18.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> poppler-utils-0.20.2-10.fc18.x86_64
> python-bugzilla-0.8.0-2.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> python-bugzilla-0.7.0-3.fc18.noarch
> selinux-policy-3.11.1-86.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> selinux-policy-3.11.1-85.fc18.noarch
> selinux-policy-devel-3.11.1-86.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> selinux-policy-devel-3.11.1-85.fc18.noarch
> selinux-policy-doc-3.11.1-86.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> selinux-policy-doc-3.11.1-85.fc18.noarch
> 2:texlive-base-2012-17.20130310_r29324.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> 2:texlive-base-2012-16.20130205_r29034.fc18.noarch
> 2:texlive-dvipng-svn26689.1.14-17.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> 2:texlive-dvipng-svn26689.1.14-16.fc18.noarch
> 2:texlive-dvipng-bin-svn26509.0-17.20130310_r29324.fc18.x86_64 is a
> duplicate with
> 2:texlive-dvipng-bin-svn26509.0-16.20130205_r29034.fc18.x86_64
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-svn28792.0-17.fc18.noarch is a duplicate with
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-svn28792.0-16.fc18.noarch
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-bin-svn27347.0-17.20130310_r29324.fc18.x86_64 is a
> duplicate with
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-bin-svn27347.0-16.20130205_r29034.fc18.x86_64
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-lib-2012-17.20130310_r29324.fc18.x86_64 is a
> duplicate with
> 2:texlive-kpathsea-lib-2012-16.20130205_r29034.fc18.x86_64
> Error: check all
>
>
> To get round the selinux (which just stopped it from getting to init5 )
> I have just disabled it for now.
>
>
> Which dup package do you remove the new or the old to cure ?
>
> and should I have the remote user logoff 
>
>

I use the instructions from here:

http://www.ogre.com/node/369

You definitely want the user to log off unless they enjoy losing data,
you *will* be rebooting.

This isn't actually much of a problem, I have to deal with this on
rawhide machines quite frequently. Just rip out the dupes, update again
and reboot, then re-enable selinux. Job done.

Regards

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq