Bug 64829 - upgrade failure gives incorrect feedback
Summary: upgrade failure gives incorrect feedback
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 64828
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-13 09:02 UTC by bastiaan
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-05-13 09:02:46 UTC
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Description bastiaan 2002-05-13 09:02:40 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The installer doesn't give any useful feedback in case of an upgrade failure,
leaving the user with an unusable system.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install RH 7.2 with KDE
2.upgrade to RH 7.3
3.wait for error dialog at upgrade of kdebase
	

Actual Results:  The installer displays an completely uninformative error
dialog, suggesting the problem may be related to disk space, media errors, or
faulty hardware. 

Expected Results:  The installer should have displayed the actual error message
'rpm -u kdebase' would have given. 

Additional info:

This bug is triggered by bug #64650. 
I've set 'Severity' to high, because the failed upgrade leaves the system in an
unusable state (no login possible, only single user mode).
Also I feel this bug sets a dangerous precedent for RH towards 'development
Remond style': keep the user totally ignorant about what's going on, and tell 'm
he's out of luck if something goes wrong :-(
Comment 1 bastiaan 2002-05-13 09:04:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64828 ***
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