Bug 669746 - runnign with -C as non-root tries to create a lockfile in root's cachedir.
Summary: runnign with -C as non-root tries to create a lockfile in root's cachedir.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: yum
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: James Antill
QA Contact: Karel Srot
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-14 15:55 UTC by James Antill
Modified: 2014-01-21 06:20 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: yum-3.2.29-3.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
When a non-root user ran yum using the "--cacheonly" ("-C") option, yum terminated with a traceback. With this update, yum provides a proper error message in this circumstance.
Clone Of:
: 893445 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 13:34:06 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0602 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE yum bug fix and enhancement update 2011-05-19 09:37:29 UTC

Description James Antill 2011-01-14 15:55:45 UTC 
Description of problem:

 yum -C blah ... as a non-root user tries to lock the root cachedir (which tracebacks). Fix is simple, and should be upstream soon.


 Manual clone of: bug#669582

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

yum-3.2.29-1
Comment 5 Tomas Capek 2011-05-17 12:01:04 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
When a non-root user ran yum using the "--cacheonly" ("-C") option, yum terminated with a traceback. With this update, yum provides a proper error message in this circumstance.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 13:34:06 UTC 
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-2011-0602.html
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