Description of problem: Attempt to complete update of machine is not successful Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@ip109 /]# yum -v Loading "dellsysidplugin2" plugin Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "security" plugin Config time: 0.086 Yum Version: 3.2.22 You need to give some command How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update yum 2. yum install yum-utils 3. yum clean all 4. yum update Actual results: [root@ip109 /]# yum update Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, rhnplugin, security Skipping security plugin, no data Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies Skipping security plugin, no data --> Running transaction check ---> Package libsmbios.i386 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package libsmbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package python-smbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package smbios-utils-bin.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package smbios-utils-python.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Updating: libsmbios i386 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-indep 1.5 M libsmbios x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-indep 1.5 M python-smbios x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-indep 69 k smbios-utils-bin x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-indep 117 k smbios-utils-python x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-indep 56 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 0 Package(s) Upgrade 5 Package(s) Total size: 3.2 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: libsmbios is needed by (installed) smbios-utils-bin-2.2.19-4.1.el5.i386 libsmbios is needed by (installed) smbios-utils-bin-2.2.19-4.1.el5.i386 Complete! (1, [u'Please report this error in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%205&component=yum']) Expected results: Update success. Additional info:
please run: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest and report the output.
[root@ip109 ~]# rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest ... No output ... [root@ip109 ~]# history | grep nodigest 221 rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 433 rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 501 rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 502 history | grep --nodigest 503 history | grep nodigest This had been run with no output BEFORE the bug report with no output. Same result now... ~~~~ Solution ~~~~ Solution was to uninstall packages that needed updates then reinstall entire Dell OMSA 6.2 package. 456 yum update yum 457 yum install yum-utils 458 yum clean all 459 yum update 460 yum -v ... Bug Report Filed Here ... 461 clear 462 yum update 463 wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/OMSA_6.2/bootstrap.cgi | bash ... Same error as in bug report ... 464 yum remove libsmbios python-smbios smbios-utils-bin smbios-utils-python ... Successfully removed ... 465 wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/OMSA_6.2/bootstrap.cgi | bash ... Successfully installed 'new' Dell OMSA repo ... 466 yum install srvadmin-all 467 yum install srvadmin-all --disablerepo=rpmforge ... Successfully installed 'new' Dell OMSA tools ... 468 yum check-update ... No more updates ... 469 exit 470 srvadmin-services.sh start 471 firefox https://localhost:1311/ & 472 admin_mount 473 /admin/scripts/omalert_set.sh 474 ls /bin/omalert* 475 vim /bin/omalert 476 rm /bin/omalert 477 vim /bin/omalert-hardware 478 vim /bin/omalert-hardware 479 vim /bin/omalert-power 480 vim /bin/omalert-storage 481 vim /bin/omalert-temp 482 /bin/omalert-hardware Test 483 /bin/omalert-power Test 484 /bin/omalert-storage Test 485 /bin/omalert-temp Test 486 ls /admin/scripts/ 487 omconfig system thrmshutdown severity=failure 488 omreport system thrmshutdown 489 chkconfig --level 345 nfs on 490 service nfs start 491 service nfs stop 492 ls /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 493 cat /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 494 cat /dev/null > /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 495 cat /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 496 service nfs start 497 cat /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 498 cat /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 499 cat /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 500 exit ... More info request ... 501 rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 502 history | grep --nodigest 503 history | grep nodigest 504 history | tail -30 505 history | tail -50 Can no longer reproduce bug... [root@ip109 ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: dellsysid, rhnplugin, security Skipping security plugin, no data Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update [root@ip109 ~]# rpm -qa redhat-release redhat-release-5Server-5.5.0.2 [root@ip109 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) Really a bug?
I can't really tell at this point. Any information on what was happening appears to now be gone.