Bug 54792

Summary: up2date doesn't update lilo.conf if existing linux.bak
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: a4a91120 <a4a91120>
Component: up2dateAssignee: Adrian Likins <alikins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version: 7.1CC: dregnery, gafton, mihai.ibanescu, srevivo
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Description a4a91120 2001-10-19 01:17:30 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Launched gui up2date and installed packages, and then revisited to get the
latest kernel packages on 18-OCT-01 which failed the end of the kernel
installation.

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


How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clean install RH7.1 (kernel-2.4.2-2)
2. Go to rhn via up2date before 09-OCT-01 and get new kernel/header
(kernel-2.4.3-12)
3. Go to rhn via up2date after 09-OCT-01 and get new kernel/header
(kernel-2.4.9.6)
	

Actual Results:  up2date reports that it's unable to modify lilo.conf. I
had to workaround and hack in a new entry for kernel-2.4.9-6.

Expected Results:  the up2date procedure (step 2) reproduced.

Additional info:

docs kind of helped but could be better.
Comment 1 Adrian Likins 2001-10-24 20:32:16 UTC 
Could you append a copy of your lilo.conf file?

There can be a couple of reasons up2date will raise an error
about not being able to update lilo.conf:

1. the test mode run of lilo fails, typically caused by
    the version of lilo.conf installed being incorrect

2. Upsupported config paramaters are used. (the lilo support
    code in up2date-2.5.4 doesnt support bios drive remapping for example)
Comment 2 Adrian Likins 2001-11-05 21:01:59 UTC 
Okay, think I see what I going on here. the label names chosen
for the backup lilo stanza's are failing. 

Should be a fix in the next version of the client.
Comment 3 Adrian Likins 2001-11-05 22:36:12 UTC 
*** Bug 55731 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 David M. Cook 2002-02-22 17:28:18 UTC 
Fix: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2001-119.html