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Bug #4335

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Impossible to upgrade rpm packages via RPM Technique

Added by Dennis Cabooter over 10 years ago. Updated over 7 years ago.

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Techniques
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Description

I want to upgrade rudder-agent 2.8.1 to 2.9.1. The repo file is updated and the 2.9.1 package is available.

[root@node ~]# yum list installed rudder-agent
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed Packages
rudder-agent.x86_64          1398866025:2.8.1.release-1.EL.5           installed
[root@node ~]# yum list available rudder-agent
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
rudder-agent.i386           1398866025:2.9.1.release-1.EL.5          winz-rudder
rudder-agent.x86_64         1398866025:2.9.1.release-1.EL.5          winz-rudder

If I tell the "Package management for RHEL / CentOS / SuSE / RPM systems" technique to upgrade it, it doesn't work.

[root@winz002512 ~]# /var/rudder/cfengine-community/bin/cf-agent -KI |grep rudder-agent
2014-01-07T14:57:36+0100     info: Q:yum --quiet check-up ...:rudder-agent.x86_64              1398866025:2.9.1.release-1.EL.5   winz-rudder  
2014-01-07T14:57:41+0100   notice: R: @@packageInstallation@@result_success@@bf2236d7-9ca3-4487-a2e9-5637c680f8b1@@c924c104-9eeb-4496-871f-e9b381d41b67@@108@@RHEL/CentOS/SuSE packages@@rudder-agent@@2014-01-07 14:57:33+01:00##b32b8ca6-5c75-466b-85f2-3eb6e9ff0494@#No action required for RPM package rudder-agent with policy: update
2014-01-07T14:57:50+0100     info: Q:yum --quiet check-up ...:rudder-agent.x86_64              1398866025:2.9.1.release-1.EL.5   winz-rudder

But the old version is still there.

[root@node ~]# yum list installed rudder-agent
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed Packages
rudder-agent.x86_64          1398866025:2.8.1.release-1.EL.5           installed

Related issues 4 (0 open4 closed)

Related to Rudder - Bug #5244: Technique 'Package management for RHEL / CentOS / SuSE / RPM systems' v5.1: Unable to update a package without version set but still report a successRejected2014-07-08Actions
Related to Rudder - Bug #6587: cfengine context is not updated properly when doing multiple indivudual package actionsReleased2015-05-18Actions
Related to Rudder - Bug #5386: rudder-agent 2.11.{0,1} ignore duplicate lines in data files causing rpmPackageInstallation technique to ignore some configurationsReleasedMatthieu CERDA2014-08-12Actions
Related to Rudder - Bug #5609: It's not possible to update package to latest versionReleasedBenoît PECCATTE2014-10-14Actions
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