[BlueOnyx:00952] Re: CentOS-5.3 has been released

[TUNC ERESEN Skype: eresen]

I have stopped yum update until further notice by this group...

Tunc

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From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it] On
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Sent: 01 April 2009 15:55
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Subject: [BlueOnyx:00950] Re: CentOS-5.3 has been released

My Dell server is updating 165 items from yum update. 
Worriying...

Tunc

-----Original Message-----
From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it] On
Behalf Of Jeff Folk
Sent: 01 April 2009 15:28
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
Subject: [BlueOnyx:00948] Re: CentOS-5.3 has been released

So, if we were to manually update glibc now, you foresee no issues?

Jeff

On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:05 AM, Michael Stauber wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A small heads up:
>
> The CentOS team has just released CentOS-5.3 and patches are now  
> available
> through YUM.
>
> Release notes:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3
>
> Please note:
> ==========
>
> I'm currently testing what effect running a "yum update" has on  
> BlueOnyx and
> based on the release notes I can see that there may be some issues  
> here  and
> there in certain areas.
>
> Cautious souls are encouraged to disable automatic YUM updates for a  
> few days
> until those issues are ironed out.
>
> My findings so far:
>
> Stand alone BlueOnyx installs (ISO or TAR-ball installs):
> ============================================
>
> Seems to be the most trouble-free. Had two stand alone servers  
> running through
> "yum update" without issues. A third one had the error detailed in  
> the release
> notes and reported this error message:
>
> "rpmdb: unable to lock mutex: Invalid argument".
>
> This could be overcome by running ...
>
> 	yum update glibc
>
> ... first and then running "yum update" again.
>
>
> BlueOnyx OS template for Aventurin{e} / OpenVZ :
> =======================================
>
> At this time it is not possible to "yum update" a BlueOnyx  
> Aventurin{e} /
> OpenVZ OS template due to dependency issues:
>
> Package hwdata needs module-init-tools >= 3.2, this is not available.
> Package initscripts needs module-init-tools, this is not available.
>
> This will be resolved sometime today with an updated "dummy- 
> centos-5.3" RPM
> out of the Virtual BlueOnyx YUM repository.
>
> Once that new RPM has been released, it will be possible to "yum  
> update"
> BlueOnyx VPS's again as well.
>
> ---
>
> Of course this also means that there will be some upcomming code  
> changes to
> BlueOnyx during the next few days to cope with CentOS-5.3 (very few,  
> mostly
> detailing with the install).
>
> Additionally an updated ISO image and an updated OS template for  
> Aventurin{e}
> and OpenVZ will be available within the next couple of days.
>
> --
>
> If you run into errors while updating BlueOnyx with YUM, then please  
> post your
> error message here.
>
> -- 
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
>
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