Bug 55007 - Multiple kernel installs
Summary: Multiple kernel installs
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: up2date
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adrian Likins
QA Contact: Jay Turner
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-10-24 09:44 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2015-01-07 23:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2001-10-25 11:40:27 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-24 09:44:22 UTC
Description of Problem:
 I removed the restriction of downloading a new kernel, to update to kernel-2.2.19-7.0.10.
 When I started up2date after updating the kernel, it wanted to update the new kernel again (to the same version). (I have also set it to keep the files. when I did a rm /var/spool/up2date it wanted to download the kernel again.

This may prevent installation of future updates, including security updates, unless it can be fixed.

The same problem as bid 52986.


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

up2date-2.5.4-1

How Reproducible:

every time i run  up2date -u from the command line as root.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. up2date -u

Actual Results:
 If the kernel package is in /var/spool/up2date it attempts to install it, fails on modifying the /etc/lilo.conf , but adds it as being installed. 

Expected Results:
 If the kernel is already installed, it shouldn't be installed again.
 It should not be possible to install the same package twice.

Additional Information:
	
[root@clarity up2date]# rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.10
kernel-2.2.19-7.0.10
kernel-2.2.19-7.0.10

The rpm file was in the directory when i ran up2date -u

Having multiple instances of a file in the RPM database is a form of corruption that may affect future attempts to update the file?

Comment 1 Adrian Likins 2001-10-24 20:07:22 UTC
Taking a look into this currently.

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-10-25 11:40:19 UTC
UPDATE

When I rebooted today, lilo didn't manage to boot the kernel.
The computer hang on the 'booting linux' message.
I did a hard reset and selected a previous kernel to enable booting.
The kernel re-installation dying while in the middle of something 
to do with lilois probably related.


Comment 3 Adrian Likins 2002-03-26 23:42:44 UTC
This should be fixed with the 2.7.11 version or later of up2date.

If that is not the case, please reopen this bug.


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