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Description of problem: During our upgrades from EL6.0 to EL 6.1 and 6.1 to 6.2, gpk-update-viewer goes blank. According to out tests, gpk-update-viewer goes blank when packagekitd emits a "repo-list-changed". This seems to be triggered when specific packages are updated. We ran 3 tests with packagekitd and gpk-update-viewer in verbose mode). The logs are attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-packagekit-2.28.3-3.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-gtk-module-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-gtk-module-0.5.8-19.el6.i686 PackageKit-glib-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-plugin-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-device-rebind-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 PackageKit-0.5.8-19.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable next RHEL6 (6.0->6.1 or 6.1->6.2) channels and wait until packagekit refreshes. 2. Start an upgrade using the application gpk-update-viewer. 3. At a given time the application goes blank. 4. If you check the verbose log of packagekitd and gpk-update-viewer, will notice that it happens right after the signal "repo-list-changed" be triggered. Actual results: The window of the application goes blank, but the update continues behind. Expected results: The window of the application should continue showing the packages updates status and the overall status. Additional info: The log is from updates of EL 6.0 to EL 6.1.
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Created attachment 528443 [details] Screenshots of the blank window. Three screenshots of the blank window. The package YUM was being installed.
(In reply to comment #3) > The package YUM was being installed. Hi Rodrigo. Did you ever reproduce this on any other package than the yum package? PackageKit has code that deals with itself, yum and the gnome frontend being upgraded, and it could be this code that caused a refresh in the middle of the transaction. Thanks, Richard.
Created attachment 562525 [details] gpk-update-viewer -v Upgrade from our el6.0 to el6.2 bug can be seen at 08:50 " not found ID for package"
Created attachment 562526 [details] pkmon of upgrade process pkmon of upgrade from our el6.0 to 6.2
Change to 6.2.
Tested patch provided by Richard Hughes. completed same test, no blank window.
Upstream patch: commit c817792b7e1fdc81b8a423b80b888265176bba37 Author: Richard Hughes <richard> Date: Mon Feb 20 17:57:15 2012 +0000 Do not attempt to refresh the updates list when a transaction is running If a package adds or removes a .repo file during a transaction, the ::RepoListChanged() signal gets sent from PackageKit. If a tranaction is already running, then just ignore the signal and continue the transaction like normal. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744980
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Committed into rhel-6.4.
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/RHBA-2013-0280.html