yum update question

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Monday 04 January 2010 05:50:54 Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> While doing a "yum update" after an install from DVD, I noticed that I
> got the following message (this is a "write it down and then retype into
> computer that has mail" so I might have a typo:
> 
> [...]
>     Installing: kernal-PAE-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686
>  W:  Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.lo
>  W:  Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq_fw.bin for module aic94xx.lo
> [...]

Did you also get the message like:

Processing delta metadata
/boot/initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img: contents have been changed
delta does not match installed data

or similar, somewhere in the early stages of the update process (before the 
actual installing of .rpm's)?

If yes, then you have probably hit this bug:

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544901

In short, those warnings are harmless and you are pretty safe to ignore them.

HTH, :-)
Marko