Bug 1124344

Summary: yum --security update doesn't work on non-fedora repos. This limitation is probably undocumented.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Documentation Reporter: boycottsystemd
Component: security-guideAssignee: Eric Christensen <sparks>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Pete Travis <me>
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Version: develCC: boycottsystemd, docs-qa, joat, lancelassetter, me, pkennedy, security-guide-list, sparks, zach
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Description boycottsystemd 2014-07-29 09:41:08 UTC 
Description of problem:
yum --security update doesn't work on non-fedora repos. This limitation is probably undocumented.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F20


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.yum --security update
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Actual results:
updates from non-fedora repos are not applied. (e.g. flash-plugin-11.2.202.394-release.x86_64)


Expected results:
Should be mentioned in documentation (?)

Additional info:
http://www.forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=299841
Comment 1 Eric Christensen 2014-09-30 13:35:18 UTC 
Created attachment 942713 [details]
Proposed patch

I believe this fixes the issue.
Comment 2 Pete Travis 2014-09-30 14:19:07 UTC 
You might consider adding a title to the admonition, but it is ok without.  I think your change communicates the situation very well.
Comment 3 Eric Christensen 2014-09-30 16:09:40 UTC 
commit cdaaa5bd8d455cc72c2081d0486cc1bd3813f991
Author: Eric H Christensen <sparks>
Date:   Tue Sep 30 09:32:07 2014 -0400

    Reworded the yum-plugin-security portion and added a notification regarding this functionality not working in third-party repositories (BZ 1124344)
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric H Christensen <sparks>
Comment 4 Lance Lassetter 2015-07-27 12:33:46 UTC 
I don't see this option available in dnf.  Only if automatic updates are applied with dnf?
Comment 5 Eric Christensen 2015-07-27 13:48:52 UTC 
(In reply to Lance Lassetter from comment #4)
> I don't see this option available in dnf.  Only if automatic updates are
> applied with dnf?

I'd file as a bug against dnf although I'm sure they'll say it's a "feature".