[K12OSN] Upgrading 4.4 wipes /etc/dhcpd.conf

[Eric Harrison]

R. Scott Belford wrote:
> I recently read a post about an upgrade wiping dhcpd.conf.  It happened
> to me yesterday on two boxes that I upgraded.  I am about to have to
> deliver new dhcpd.conf files via floppy.
>
> The scenario on both boxes: running 4.4.1 on an amd opteron, 4 gb ram,
> 10k sata drive.  I ran yumex, refreshed the package list, and installed
> the updates.  The clients stopped working.
>
> I checked repos, saw that k12ltsp continues not to remain checked off,
> selected it, and refreshed the package list.  Now there was a dhcp
> update from the k12 repository.  I was relieved that help was a download
> away.  This did not fix the problem.
>
> Both servers now have a blank dhcpd.conf file.  There is no backup, no
> rpmsave file, nothing.  Running 'updatedb' and 'locate dhcpd.conf' does
> not reveal a misplaced file.  The update simply breaks the installation.
>


The quick-fix is to either run "yum upgrade" from the command line, or
in yumex click on the "Repos" button, check the box next to "k12ltsp",
click on "Refresh", then "Update".

I'm working on a way to fix the yumex package.

-Eric






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