yum update question

Paul Allen Newell pnewell at cs.cmu.edu
Mon Jan 4 08:15:13 UTC 2010


Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Marko:

Let me check the log tomorrow ... your "delta doesn't match" sounds 
familiar and, if such is the case, I will attach myself to the bugzilla 
you provided

Thanks,
Paul




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