header/RPM mismatch

[-=Brian Truter=-]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> Fulko.Hew at sita.aero
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 4:17 PM
> To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> Subject: RE: header/RPM mismatch
> 
> 
> Whats wrong, is that for some reason (that I do not 
> understand) this morning I had the various apps reporting the 
> following various needs:
> 
> package           rhn        up2date      yum
> -------------------------------------------------
> perl-XML-Twig     need it    need it      need it
> perl-Net-DNS      need it                 need it
> gaim                                      need it
> rpmdb-fedora                              need it
> 
> I'd have to think that if they were all using the same info,
> they'd be reporting the same thing.   Wouldn't they?
> The fact that three different apps are reporting three 
> different 'apparent' states of my system is disconcerting.
> Thats why I don't know who to believe.
> And yes, I know that rpm -q tells what I've got But this 
> discussion thread revolves around:
> 'which of these packages _really_ need updating'?
> (Not a yum/up2date/apt-get/etc flame war.)


This really looks to me like yum is looking at more repositories than
up2date is. I don't really understand why you have rhn listed as a client
here, as that is what up2date is.