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Bug 1293513 - The /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf file should be marked as a configuration file instead of a normal payload file
Summary: The /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf file should be marked as a configuration file inst...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: yum
Version: 7.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Valentina Mukhamedzhanova
QA Contact: Eva Mrakova
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1293713 1353172 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 1326195
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-12-22 01:37 UTC by Nick
Modified: 2019-12-16 05:13 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

Fixed In Version: yum-3.4.3-140.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: Dues to a mistake, yum's spec file listed '/etc' directory. Consequence: Users encountered various issues mostly due to yum-cron's config files being owned by yum as well as yum-cron. Fix: Yum's spec file has been patched to list files properly. Result: Issues are resolved.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-11-04 05:31:01 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Don't add /etc to the %files section of the cron package (777 bytes, patch)
2015-12-31 00:04 UTC, Georg Sauthoff 		no flags Details | Diff
explicitly list the bash completions directory (1.23 KB, patch)
2016-02-05 21:07 UTC, Carl George 		no flags Details | Diff
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:2397 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE yum bug fix and enhancement update 2016-11-03 13:55:12 UTC

Description Nick 2015-12-22 01:37:39 UTC 
Description of problem:

The last CentOS upgrade from December 3, 2015 rpmsaved the /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf file and replaced it with the new one on bunch of the servers I manage, which had previously been configured with the following settings in the file:

update_messages = no
apply_updates = yes

to let all the systems auto-upgrade without sending notification messages. Unfortunately, both settings have been reversed by the last upgrade and my e-mail box is full of annoying notifications.

http://serverfault.com/questions/744531/secure-yum-cron-conf-configuration-and-prevent-them-from-getting-auto-updated

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Comment 2 Georg Sauthoff 2015-12-30 13:14:52 UTC 
I can confirm this issue.

But is the component 'yum-utils' correct, though?

I would expect just 'yum'.

See also

https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=9938

and

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/252314/why-does-a-yum-package-update-replaces-my-yum-cron-config-files/

for more details.
Comment 3 Georg Sauthoff 2015-12-31 00:04:26 UTC 
Created attachment 1110669 [details]
Don't add /etc to the %files section of the cron package

For a detailed explanation cf. http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/252424/1131
Comment 4 Carl George 2016-02-05 20:17:11 UTC 
The bash-completion package is in RHEL7 now.

Additionally, the proposed fix is wrong.  It would result in comdir being set to /usr/share/bash-completion when bash-completion is installed.  Files from there aren't loaded, they have to be in /usr/share/bash-completion/completions.  That would break being able to consistently use %{compdir} as an install path for completion files, which is the whole point of the macro.

The safest way to fix this is be explicit:

%if 0%{?fedora} >= 19 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
%global compdir %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions
%else
%global compdir %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
%endif

Then later in the %files section:

%if 0%{?fedora} >= 19 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
%(dirname %{compdir})
%else
%{compdir}
%endif
Comment 5 Carl George 2016-02-05 21:07:30 UTC 
Created attachment 1121521 [details]
explicitly list the bash completions directory
Comment 6 Valentina Mukhamedzhanova 2016-02-19 16:24:09 UTC 
*** Bug 1293713 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Valentina Mukhamedzhanova 2016-05-10 15:45:24 UTC 
(In reply to Carl George from comment #4)
> The bash-completion package is in RHEL7 now.
> 
> Additionally, the proposed fix is wrong.  It would result in comdir being
> set to /usr/share/bash-completion when bash-completion is installed.  Files
> from there aren't loaded, they have to be in
> /usr/share/bash-completion/completions.  That would break being able to
> consistently use %{compdir} as an install path for completion files, which
> is the whole point of the macro.
> 
> The safest way to fix this is be explicit:
> 
> %if 0%{?fedora} >= 19 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
> %global compdir %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions
> %else
> %global compdir %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
> %endif
> 
> Then later in the %files section:
> 
> %if 0%{?fedora} >= 19 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
> %(dirname %{compdir})
> %else
> %{compdir}
> %endif

Thank you for the patch!
Comment 10 Valentina Mukhamedzhanova 2016-05-11 13:17:19 UTC 
Had to make some changes to the Makefile as well, should be fixed now.
Comment 12 Valentina Mukhamedzhanova 2016-07-07 09:44:44 UTC 
*** Bug 1353172 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 05:31:01 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2397.html
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