Yum disaster! DELETED mysql!
Temlakos
temlakos at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 19:42:31 UTC 2005
Nat Gross wrote:
> Finally yum worked today. I wish it did not!
> It dl'd 36 packages, including mysql 3.x although this server is
> actively running mysql 4.1x.
> Everything with yum seemed perfect, when I happened to glance at the
> screen as yum listed "deleted mysql" on the console. I said to myself,
> "nah, can't be". BUT, it did! NO TRACE of mysql is on the system! In the
> yum cache the 3.x rpm sits, the client programs are there, but NO
> SERVER. No related files or service. (#'service mysql start' reports
> "mysql: unrecognized service".
> I do have my data, thank god.
> Running FC3 latest kernel (yum updated it today) on a 1.6ghz Dell 4500s
> with 1 gig ram.
>
> 1. WHY did yum do this?! 1B. Especially that mysql service was ACTIVE at
> the time! What about my users!???
>
> 2. HOW do I prevent this from happening again?
>
> 3. Should I DUMP yum?
>
> Your input is appreciated.
> -nat
>
I use smart, myself. And in smart, I can "lock" a package and make sure
that it doesn't go anyplace. I can even see in advance what "smart" is
going to upgrade or downgrade or remove /before/ it happens.
No, don't /dump/ yum. But neither should you use it as your primary
package updater. I keep it around for certain situations such as
"repository reported unexpected size" that I've been seeing lately from
some of the jpp repos.
Temlakos
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