[rhn-users] up2date problem

[Corné Beerse]

Tero Hanninen wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm experiencing some problems with up2date and would appreciate some
> help. I tried searching the archives but couldn't really find the
> solution there.

If this is an origional up2date (never updated) then it is most-likely that its 
signature is outdated. Browse to RedHat and look for an updated up2date for your 
system. Download it, install it (`rpm -Uvh up2date.....rpm`) and run it to 
update all others.


> 
> Both "up2date --nox -l" and "up2date --nox -u "produce following traceback:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 839, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 627, in main
>     pkgNames, fullUpdate, dryRun = dry_run))
>   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 782, in batchRun
>     batch.run()
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 57, in run
>     self.__findPackagesToUpdate()
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 89, in
> __findPackagesToUpdate
>     plist.run()
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/packageList.py", line 85, in run
>     self.addObsoletePackages(obsList)
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/packageList.py", line 111, in
> addObsoletePackages
>     if len(obsoletePackages) == 0:
> TypeError: len() of unsized object
> 
> Machine in question is RH AS2.1
> 
>>rpm -q up2date
> 
> up2date-2.9.14-1.2.1AS

I don't know AS-details, check the website for details.

> 
> The spool directory is empty (first time running up2date after registration)
> 
>>ls -al /var/spool/up2date/
> 
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 30 09:47 .
> drwxr-xr-x    8 root     root         4096 Sep 30 09:47 ..
> 
> I'm connecting through a web proxy, but as far as I can see it's not
> the culprit here (i.e the proxy is working fine for other
> applications)

No problems as long as the proxy is known by up2date (`up2date-configure`).

> 
> Best Regards,
> Tero
> 
> --
> Tero Hänninen <tero.hanninen at gmail.com>
> 
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