Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 740934
Weird problem with RHSM CDN updateinfo data for at least qt
Last modified: 2011-12-06 13:52:47 EST
Description of problem: Currently qt has two updateinfo notices against it, which you can see with (assuming you have qt installed): yum updateinfo list cves all qt\* ...however on the CDN version of RHEL-6 workstation, the updateinfo is "f96eaac5013dcb025fea5d15cdc216bd485391c0969c0d34b7751301168b9a71-updateinfo.xml.gz" ... which only contains the older of the two notices. Specifically this one is _not_ present: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1323.html ...it is there on my RHEL-6 server connected to RHN though.
reproducer: # rpm -q qt qt-4.6.2-17.el6.x86_64 What happens: # yum --advisory RHSA-2011:1323 info updates <snip> Limiting package lists to security relevant ones Advisory "RHSA-2011:1323" not found applicable for this system No packages needed for security; 6 packages available What should happen: yum should install qt version 4.6.2-17.el6_1.1
Looking at the timestamps, the advisory finished pushing at 1:55pm, the rhnsync cron job ran at 2pm, and the updatinfo.xml file has a timestamp of 2:11pm. So, it appears what happened is that rhnsync ran during the window between packages being available in the channel and the channel's yum repodata getting updated. For now, I'll force a re-generation of the cdn repodata which will pull in the newer updateinfo from RHN. Longer-term solution may need to wait for new pub/pulp process as this isn't a case we can easily fix through the cron job. I'll think about it more over the weekend.
(In reply to comment #3) > Looking at the timestamps, the advisory finished pushing at 1:55pm, the rhnsync > cron job ran at 2pm, and the updatinfo.xml file has a timestamp of 2:11pm. So, > it appears what happened is that rhnsync ran during the window between packages > being available in the channel and the channel's yum repodata getting updated. > > For now, I'll force a re-generation of the cdn repodata which will pull in the > newer updateinfo from RHN. > > Longer-term solution may need to wait for new pub/pulp process as this isn't a > case we can easily fix through the cron job. I'll think about it more over the > weekend. Dennis, I am not convinced this will fix a problem. Here is a run at 5:18pm $ sudo yum updateinfo Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, : subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. rhel-6-workstation-optional-rpms | 2.2 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-rpms | 2.4 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-supplementary | 2.4 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-supplementary-debuginfo | 1.1 kB 00:00 updateinfo summary done $ sudo yum --advisory RHSA-2011:1323 info updates Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, : subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. rhel-6-workstation-optional-rpms | 2.2 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-rpms | 2.4 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-supplementary | 2.4 kB 00:00 rhel-6-workstation-supplementary-debuginfo | 1.1 kB 00:00 Limiting package lists to security relevant ones Advisory "RHSA-2011:1323" not found applicable for this system No packages needed for security; 6 packages available $ rpm -q qt qt-4.6.2-17.el6.x86_64
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-1743.html