Fedora 13 update issues
Fedora Project announced two “unexpected bugs” that affect Fedora 13. It looks like some users can no longer see the package update notification in the main panel or apply the updates using the update applet.
Updated packages to fix these bugs were released 2 weeks ago, but the users were not prompted to install them, since the update applet was broken. Users who perform manual updates using yum are not affected.
To fix your system, you need to run yum as root:
- to update all packages: [code lang=”bash”] yum –skip-broken update[/code]
- to install updated versions to fix the two issues: [code lang=”bash”]yum –skip-broken update gnome-packagekit selinux-policy[/code]
After the installation a reboot is required / recommended depending on the option you choose.
More details on Fedora Project mailing list.
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Thank you. I’ve tried several versions of Fedora over the past year and given up over package manage issues and this exact issue in particular with Fedora 13. I will give it ( and PC-BSD ) another go when my new PC arrives :) The last couple of releases looked so polished that I wonder how such a basic thing as package management had flaws. Seriously – it’s like building a shiny new Ferrari and forgetting to give it a steering wheel :p
I finally fixed the ( multiple ) update issues with help from http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-246986.html . While Fedora has lots to offer the experienced Linux user and contributes greatly to the Linux community as a whole, people publishing stories of how easy it is to use or how they have installed it on a relatives PC does it a disservice. Fedora is not a pleasant distro to get customized and running on the home desktop.
The Reh Hat Community should give a thorough look on update issues. I have also tried to upgrade to fedora 14 but things have not come up easily and process is very frustrating. Moreover, if it’s the way to upgrade then least of the today’s user’s, who are fond of hassle free and speedy environs, are going to like it and this will ultimately do no good to opensource softwares.
When upgrade using YUM is available, then developers could have bundled the processes, hitherto split in more than one commands, and could have made it as easy as a single click command, of course using GUI.
It would have been easy, it’s available for Debian based OS. Now, have I been a programmer, I would have first tried to solve this issue, instead of publishing routes of updating, on web.