[rhn-users] redhat-release Config modified

[Todd Warner]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Shawn Protsman wrote:

> It looks like I resolved it by running:
> 
> up2date -f -i redhat-release
> 
> If there is another way of resolving this issue please let me know.

You just did! :)
If you modify a config file and you have "Do not upgrade packages when
local configuration file has been modified" set (up2date --config), then
it will do this.

Many folks want to be more selective and careful about upgrading things
they have configured themselves. That is why that option is there.
-taw

> Regards,
> Shawn 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Shawn Protsman
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:51 PM
> To: Red Hat Network Users List
> Subject: RE: [rhn-users] redhat-release Config modified
> 
> Eric,
> 
> Thank you for the information.  That was it, the issue and issue.net
> were modified.  I have corrected them but I still get the following when
> I run up2date:
> 
> Name                                    Version        Rel  Reason
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> redhat-release                          3ES            7.3  Config
> modified
> 
> All packages are currently up to date
> 
> Would you happen to know how to resolve this?
> 
> Regards,
> Shawn 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Eric Eisenhart
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 1:46 PM
> To: Red Hat Network Users List
> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] redhat-release Config modified
> 
> Shawn Protsman wrote:
> > I cat out /etc/redhat-release but it still shows the box as being 
> > Update
> > 2 instead of Update 3.  Any ideas whey this isn't getting updated and 
> > what "Config modified" means?  Thanks.
> 
> Try running these two commands:
> rpm -V redhat-release
> rpm -qc redhat-release
> 
> The first will show you what files in redhat-release have changed (any
> with a "c" are config files), the second will show you a list of all
> "config" files in redhat-release.
> 
> Probably it's because you modified /etc/issue or /etc/issue.net.
> 
> I don't know why it doesn't just install and put the updated files in as
> /etc/issue.rpmnew and/or /etc/issue.net.rpmnew, though.
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