[rhn-users] RHN not recognizing necessary patches

[Todd Warner]

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Norman Elton wrote:

> Bret (and Todd),
> 
> Thanks for looking into this. It's a relief to see @redhat.com on your 
> e-mail addresses.
> 
> > 1.  What emails are you receiving?  Ones from RHN, or general errata
> >     alerts?
> 
> I'm getting RHN Errata Alerts. It explains the errata, then lists the 
> systems that require updating. In most cases, it's all my systems.
> 
> > 2.  What machines is this happening on?  rhel 2.1?  rhel 3?
> 
> All the afflicted machines are RHEL 3.
> 
> > 3.  What versions of rpm and up2date are the machines running?
> 
> I checked one of the afflicted machines. It's running rpm-4.2.2-0.14 
> and up2date-4.2.16-1
> 
> > 4.  Are you doing any local rpm installations using the rpm
> >     commandline utility on the machines in question?
> 
> Not very often. Every once in a blue moon I'll install an RPM by hand.
> 
> > 5.  Do you have the bugzilla # for the bug you filed handy?
> 
> Bugzilla #123381. If it helps, my login name is WMNetworking.
> 
> Norman

Ok... let's keep the interaction in the bug now. Copying some relevant
information from your email and asking for more information.


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