Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 232654
applet erraneously shows package as available for update on 64 bit
Last modified: 2008-07-24 16:04:56 EDT
Description of problem: The applet shows that firefox is available for update with a red ball with an exclamation point in it and when you click it, it tells me that there is a new version of firefox which is available. In this case an i386 version of firefox is installed on x86_64 box. If we look at the subscribed channels an update for x86_64 version of firefox is available and not i386. But applet shows that firefox is available for update though nothing new is available for i386. The possible issue could be that applet lists updates based on just the name rather than considering arch as well Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-applet-2.1.25-22 To Reproduce: - register a 64 bit(with a firefox.i386 installed) to prod - prod has a firefox.x86_64 available for update. - now applet shows firefox in the available packages for update even though only x86_64 version is available. Actual results: shows unavailable package as available for update Expected results: should not list unavailable packages
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*** Bug 232679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 157011 [details] illustration of the same happening on RHEL4/i386 xen guest The same problem with xen RHEL4/i386 full-virt xen guest on F7/x86_64 host.
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seems to be working now .. got fixed probably as part of multi arch enhancements we did in 4.5/4.6...
It doesn't work for me. I just up2date'd to "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 6)" and it is saying that I still have 1 rpm to update. However, when I run "up2date -u", it says that "All packages are currently up to date". I have an x86_64 system, but with a i386 version of firefox installed. It is this mismatch which seems to be causing the situation.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0770.html