Bug 1729712
| Summary: | updates looking for files no longer at repo thus failing | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Nick Levinson <Nick_Levinson> |
| Component: | mirrormanager | Assignee: | Adrian Reber <adrian> |
| Status: | CLOSED EOL | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 30 | CC: | adrian, jonstanley, pingou, puiterwijk |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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| Last Closed: | 2020-05-26 16:11:37 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Nick Levinson
2019-07-13 20:41:28 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to create this bug report. Unfortunately it is probably difficult to give a satisfying answer. > What I expect: The ability to update to the latest offered by Fedora on whatever date I get around to doing it. Fedora mirrors are run by volunteers, which means that Fedora does not have control when they sync. To make sure mirrors are up to date we scan all mirrors every 12 hours, but this takes a lot of time and a lot of resources. Between updates being available and a mirror syncing the content and Fedora verifying that the content is on the mirror it might require up to 48 hours. To give users access to updates through all the mirrors we tell yum/dnf that the last three update pushes are valid. So depending on the mirror you hit, it might be not the newest content but reasonably up to date. For really important updates there is a way to make sure all not up to date mirrors are not offered to a user. yum/dnf (in most cases) handles this pretty good and gracefully and you should not see any errors. Unfortunately you did not mention how (which tool/application) you are using to update your system, which would make it easier to decide if the tooling on your side does not handle the situation correctly or if something is wrong on the mirroring side. It would have been good to include which tools you used and which URLs have not been working. There is always a small chance that our mirror tooling does not correctly detect a broken mirror. If it is a problem with the mirror tooling the correct place to report this would have been: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues If it is a problem with the tools on your side, then it needs to be assigned to one of those tools. I hope this explanation helps you to understand the setup a bit better and if you have any more information about your update problems, please let us know. I update using the Software app, using the Updates button. I think different mirrors are cited in popups on different occasions, even a few minutes apart, but I generally don't copy the URLs. Unless I misunderstand you, there's a possibility you misunderstand, though. I think you think I'm complaining that the synchronizing is too slow. Actually, it's too fast. At that point, the latest update the Software app is offering has become too old for the mirrors it's checking, because the mirrors are already offering newer content, so no update is allowed at all. I have to await a still newer update via the Software app and then implement it quickly, before the mirrors are updated (sync'd) beyond what what the Software app is offering, and then I'm probably okay. But if the sync'g does not match what the Software app is trying to offer me, the Software app won't update. This raises a more general concern. Is it possible that when I implement an update I'm really implementing only part of it? Might I be getting one component but not another that's supposed to be in the update because sync'g is not consistent? Or is all updating an all-or-nothing activity? This message is a reminder that Fedora 30 is nearing its end of life. Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 30 on 2020-05-26. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '30'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version. Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not able to fix it before Fedora 30 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora, you are encouraged change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. Fedora 30 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2020-05-26. Fedora 30 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed. |