Topic: Contrib Updates

[p-jones]

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Started getting these suddenly. Havent seen them before. Has something changed ?
I am not aware of any changes on thise side. I do have concerns that several contribs shown for update will break the system.

Thanks

[guest22]

Started getting these suddenly. Havent seen them before. Has something changed ?

Yes. Please search bugzilla or the wiki dashboard page. They are both there for a reason. Things do change over time...

[p-jones]

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8791

Have read this already .......

[guest22]

Then what is the issue?

[p-jones]

I do have concerns that several contribs shown for update will break the system.

Here is a list reporte:
fping.i386                             3.5-1.el5.rf                  smecontribs
openvpn.i386                           2.3.1-3.el5                   smecontribs
smeserver-fetchmail.noarch             1.4-4.el5.sme                 smecontribs
smeserver-mailstats.noarch             1.0-4.el5.sme                 smecontribs
smeserver-userpanel.noarch             0.9-18.el5.sme                smecontribs
Obsoleting Packages
smeserver-ddclient.noarch              1.0.0-30.el5.sme              smecontribs
    sme7-ddclient.noarch               3.7.3-7                       installed 

Openvpn was removed via the installer 'cause it wouldnt work and replaced by an ovpn contrib that is not in the repos. I think this will break it.

sme-server ddclient is working just fine but this suggests it is obsolete and the hint is it will remove/disable it.

The bugzilla thread contains all the technical info but no descriptions or info for the non-code cutting admin.
Even though it is an old feature that didnt work, it now presents as an undocumented new feature !!

I guess the safest option is to turn addon updates off so those messages go away and the status quo is restored.

Thanks

[guest22]

Again, what is the issue, other then you get information?

[p-jones]

RequestedDeletion - first post, last sentence. previous post, first sentence.

Anyone else a bit surprised or unsure by this or am I just dumb ?

[Daniel B.]

This is a new feature added recently. Until a few weeks ago, contribs updates weren't notified, so admins had to manually check if updates were available using:

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yum --enablerepo=smecontribs update

Of course, there's always a risk an update breaks something, just as it can fix problems (including security problems). It's then up to you to take the risk or not

If you don't want to receive those notices anmore, you can:

- apply the updates (and open a bug if something is broken after that)
- disable updates notifications with

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db configuration setprop yum status disabled
expand-template /etc/crontab
- Only disable contribs update notifications, but still receive core updates by creating a custom template:

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mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/crontab
echo '# smecontribs updates disabled' > /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates
expand-template /etc/crontab


[stephdl]

The full available commands  http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration#yum
You can set a monthly email just by a db command if you want

Obviously we saw that like a feature and not an issue :/

I have done a contrib in the same way to retrieve updates of chosen repositories : http://wiki.contribs.org/Check4updates

I'm a lazzy boy,I love when my computer works for me.