It is prudent to "yum erase libgpod" beforehand, or good chance
yum will consume all ram and go into some kind of loop over dependancies.


K.O.


On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 11:28:46AM +0900, Takashi ichihara wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have several SL7.3 nodes installed with yum-conf-sl7x.
> Today I noticed that some of them cannot be updated
> from SL7.3 to SL7.4 by the foll wing simple steps.
> 
> # yum clean all
> # yum yum install.
> 
> With several trials, I noticed that following procedure
> works fine to update from SL7.3 to SL7.4.
> 
> # yum remove yum-conf-sl7x
> # yum install yum-conf-sl7x
> # yum clean all
> # yum update
> 
> Then, updating from SL7.3 to SL7.4 started.
> I do not know why, but this method works for us
> for several SL7.3 servers.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> # cat /etc/redhat-release
> Scientific Linux release 7.3 (Nitrogen)
> # rpm -qa | grep yum-conf-sl7x
> yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch
> # yum clean all
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> Cleaning repos: epel repos sl sl-extras sl-fastbugs sl-security
> Cleaning up everything
> # yum update
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> epel/x86_64/metalink                                                          
>      | 6.0 kB  00:00:00
> epel                                                                          
>      | 4.3 kB  00:00:00
> repos                                                                         
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl                                                                            
>      | 3.7 kB  00:00:00
> sl-extras                                                                     
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl-fastbugs                                                                   
>      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
> sl-security                                                                   
>      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
> (1/12): epel/x86_64/group_gz                                                  
>      | 170 kB  00:00:00
> (2/12): epel/x86_64/updateinfo                                                
>      | 833 kB  00:00:00
> (3/12): repos/x86_64/primary_db                                               
>      | 5.0 kB  00:00:00
> (4/12): sl-extras/x86_64/primary_db                                           
>      | 244 kB  00:00:00
> (5/12): epel/x86_64/primary_db                                                
>      | 4.8 MB  00:00:00
> (6/12): sl/x86_64/group_gz                                                    
>      | 107 kB  00:00:01
> (7/12): sl-security/x86_64/updateinfo                                         
>      | 182 kB  00:00:00
> (8/12): sl-security/x86_64/primary_db                                         
>      | 4.5 MB  00:00:00
> (9/12): sl-fastbugs/x86_64/updateinfo                                         
>      |  88 kB  00:00:01
> (10/12): sl/x86_64/updateinfo                                                 
>      | 1.8 MB  00:00:03
> (11/12): sl-fastbugs/x86_64/primary_db                                        
>      | 1.7 MB  00:00:03
> (12/12): sl/x86_64/primary_db                                                 
>      | 4.8 MB  00:00:07
> No packages marked for update
> #
> (updating from SL7.3 to SL7.4 did not stated!)
> 
> 
> 
> # yum remove yum-conf-sl7x
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package yum-conf-sl7x.noarch 0:7.3-4.sl7 will be erased
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ==========================================================================================================
>  Package                       Arch                   Version                 
>   Repository           Size
> ==========================================================================================================
> Removing:
>  yum-conf-sl7x                 noarch                 7.3-4.sl7               
>   @sl                 5.0
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ==========================================================================================================
> Remove  1 Package
> 
> Installed size: 5
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading packages:
> Running transaction check
> Running transaction test
> Transaction test succeeded
> Running transaction
>   Erasing    : yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch                                 
>                         1/1
>   Verifying  : yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch                                 
>                         1/1
> 
> Removed:
>   yum-conf-sl7x.noarch 0:7.3-4.sl7
> 
> Complete!
> # yum install yum-conf-sl7x
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> epel/x86_64/metalink                                                          
>      | 6.0 kB  00:00:00
> repos                                                                         
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl                                                                            
>      | 3.7 kB  00:00:00
> sl-extras                                                                     
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl-fastbugs                                                                   
>      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
> sl-security                                                                   
>      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package yum-conf-sl7x.noarch 0:7.3-4.sl7 will be installed
> sl/x86_64/filelists_db                                                        
>      | 5.7 MB  00:00:04
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ==========================================================================================================
>  Package                       Arch                   Version                 
>    Repository          Size
> ==========================================================================================================
> Installing:
>  yum-conf-sl7x                 noarch                 7.3-4.sl7               
>    sl                 8.1 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ==========================================================================================================
> Install  1 Package
> 
> Total download size: 8.1 k
> Installed size: 5
> Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
> Downloading packages:
> yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch.rpm                                            
>      | 8.1 kB  00:00:00
> Running transaction check
> Running transaction test
> Transaction test succeeded
> Running transaction
>   Installing : yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch                                 
>                         1/1
>   Verifying  : yum-conf-sl7x-7.3-4.sl7.noarch                                 
>                         1/1
> 
> Installed:
>   yum-conf-sl7x.noarch 0:7.3-4.sl7
> 
> Complete!
> 
> # yum clean all
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> Cleaning repos: epel repos sl sl-extras sl-fastbugs sl-security
> Cleaning up everything
> 
> # yum update
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> epel/x86_64/metalink                                                          
>      | 6.0 kB  00:00:00
> epel                                                                          
>      | 4.3 kB  00:00:00
> repos                                                                         
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl                                                                            
>      | 3.8 kB  00:00:00
> sl-extras                                                                     
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl-fastbugs                                                                   
>      | 2.6 kB  00:00:00
> sl-security                                                                   
>      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00
> (1/11): epel/x86_64/group_gz                                                  
>      | 170 kB  00:00:00
> (2/11): epel/x86_64/updateinfo                                                
>      | 833 kB  00:00:00
> (3/11): repos/x86_64/primary_db                                               
>      | 5.0 kB  00:00:00
> (4/11): sl-extras/x86_64/primary_db                                           
>      | 244 kB  00:00:00
> (5/11): epel/x86_64/primary_db                                                
>      | 4.8 MB  00:00:00
> (6/11): sl-security/x86_64/updateinfo                                         
>      |  19 kB  00:00:00
> (7/11): sl-security/x86_64/primary_db                                         
>      | 1.1 MB  00:00:00
> (8/11): sl/x86_64/group_gz                                                    
>      | 106 kB  00:00:00
> (9/11): sl-fastbugs/x86_64/primary_db                                         
>      | 975 kB  00:00:02
> (10/11): sl/x86_64/updateinfo                                                 
>      | 2.2 MB  00:00:03
> (11/11): sl/x86_64/primary_db                                                 
>      | 5.0 MB  00:00:07
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package abattis-cantarell-fonts.noarch 0:0.0.16-3.el7 will be updated
> ---> Package abattis-cantarell-fonts.noarch 0:0.0.25-1.el7 will be an update
> ---> Package abrt.x86_64 0:2.1.11-45.sl7 will be updated
> ---> Package abrt.x86_64 0:2.1.11-48.sl7 will be an update
> ---> Package abrt-addon-ccpp.x86_64 0:2.1.11-45.sl7 will be updated
> ---> Package abrt-addon-ccpp.x86_64 0:2.1.11-48.sl7 will be an update
> :
> Transaction Summary
> ==========================================================================================================
> Install    9 Packages (+44 Dependent packages)
> Upgrade  510 Packages
> 
> Total download size: 335 M
> Is this ok [y/d/N]:
> :
> (updating from SL7.3 to SL7.4 started)
> :
> Complete!
> #
> # cat /etc/redhat-release
> Scientific Linux release 7.4 (Nitrogen)
> #
> 
> Best regards,
> Takashi Ichihara
> (RIKEN)

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