Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 526064
yum check-update ignores --obsoletes parameter
Last modified: 2014-01-21 01:15:21 EST
Description of problem: yum check-update ignores the --obsoletes parameter or the obsoletes=1 yum.conf setting. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.2.19-18.el5_3.1 How reproducible: Every time if an obsoleted package is installed and a newer version is available Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run yum check-update 2. Examine list of packages to be updated 3. Run yum update Actual results: Ooops, it includes packages now which obsolete packages that are already installed but were not listed in the check-update output Expected results: yum check-update should list packages that will be installed by yum update and not miss them out. i.e. check-update should be the equivalent of the old up2date --dry-run parameter Additional info: If /etc/yum.conf contains obsoletes=1 then check-update will give different results than update does. Check-update should be a way of finding out what will be updated on the system if you run a subsequent update and should also honour the --obsoletes switch or obsoletes=1 parameter.
"yum check-update --verbose" will list obsoletes packages, in the 5.4 version of yum (3.2.22-20) and the last part of the man page about check-update says: Running in verbose mode also shows obsoletes. The obsoletes flag is almost always on, so the cmd line option does nothing (see yum.conf which has obsoletes=1 in it).
This is illogical behaviour and should be fixed. Check-update should do the same as update or there is no point in having it. Check-upate should respect teh same options that update does. I am running 5.3 as my hosting provider has not rolled out 5.4 yet and man yum says nothing about this. What's the point in check-update using a different switch to obtain the same result.
Fair enough, I've made it output when obsoletes is on now. It'll be changed in 5.5.
Great, I'll look forward to 5.5 then. Thanks.
adding qa-keywords: RHTSdone=/CoreOS/yum/Regression/bz526064-yum-check-update-ignores-obsoletes-parameter
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-2010-0254.html