 | | | RPM- two packages installed | RPM- two packages installed 2006-02-23 - By Rick Stevens
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On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 12:49 -0700, redhat@(protected) wrote:
> We are required to scan our networks for current patch levels. The
> automated tool flags packages that need to be updated. For example, it
> said that it is required to update gnutls to the current version
> (gnutls-1 (See http://tls-1.ora-code.com).0.20-3.2.1). Doing a "rpm -qa | grep gnutls" outputs
> "gnutls-1 (See http://tls-1.ora-code.com).0.20-3.2.1" and also "gnutls-1 (See http://tls-1.ora-code.com).0.20-3". I assume the scanner
> is not smart enough to realize that the newer version is in fact
> installed and is simply seeing that the older version is installed. My
> question is how does two versions of the same package get installed? I
> know that if you do a rpm -i "newer version of pkg" it will install the
> new one and leave the old one, but is there any other way that this can
> happen?
If the "%post" script craps out when installing a package, the removal
of old stuff may not happen. The sam is true if either the "%preun" or
"%postun" scripts fail on the old package.
> I am seeing this quit a lot and am starting to wonder if
> someone is installing new packages with rpm -i instead of rpm -U. Also,
> running up2date (with default config) should not leave the old package?
> Correct?
> This examples is on a Redhat ES4 install.
You are correct about the "-i" and it may be that someone is doing what
you say. They may also be doing a "-f" to force an install.
By default, up2date is supposed to do "-U" with the exception of the
kernel binary RPMs. This is all in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date file,
specifically the "pkgsToInstallNotUpdate" list.
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