python-backports updating issue

Submitted by pixel on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 02:46

I keep getting this when updating packages...what gives? Should I just do it manually?

Building complete list of updates ..
Now updating python-backports ..
Installing package(s) with command yum -y install python-backports.noarch ..
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* updates: mirror.gpmidi.net
Nothing to do
.. install complete.

No packages were installed. Check the messages above for the cause of the error.
Status: 
Closed (fixed)

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Submitted by pixel on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 15:36

Any word on this issue? I keep getting e-mails to update from Webmin and would like to know if I should just do it command line through yum.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 17:16

Yeah, I'd be interested to see what happens if you try this from the command line. It may be that Webmin's detection of possible updates is wrong, or that the update is failing to install.

Submitted by pixel on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 17:29

Here's the resulting upgrade. I have three more systems to update in case you needed me to test any patches you have. Let me know if you need more logs or if I can just upgrade them on my own. Thanks Jamie.

[root@red ~]# yum install python-backports
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* extras: mirror.gpmidi.net
* updates: mirror.gpmidi.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-backports.noarch 0:1.0-6.el7 will be updated
---> Package python-backports.x86_64 0:1.0-8.el7 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package                  Arch           Version             Repository    Size
================================================================================
Updating:
python-backports         x86_64         1.0-8.el7           base         5.8 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade  1 Package

Total download size: 5.8 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm                                       | 5.8 kB  00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Updating   : python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64                                               1/2
  Cleanup    : python-backports-1.0-6.el7.noarch                                               2/2
  Verifying  : python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64                                               1/2
  Verifying  : python-backports-1.0-6.el7.noarch                                               2/2

Updated:
  python-backports.x86_64 0:1.0-8.el7

Complete!

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 19:13

Was this on a system for which an update of the same package in webmin failed (or rather, did nothing) ?

Submitted by pixel on Sat, 04/04/2015 - 18:50

Sorry for the delayed response - yes, all 4 Webmin systems failed to update this particular package. So because I have e-mail updates turned on every hour, it keeps bugging me to update, which of course, I can't from Webmin. But I can from yum itself.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 04/04/2015 - 18:59

What if you manually run the exact same command that Webmin does, which is yum -y install python-backports.noarch ?

Submitted by pixel on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 01:45

I think this is what you're looking for. Dropping the .noarch gets it to work.

No package python-backports.noarch available.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 13:54

That is odd, because when you ran "yum install python-backports" it did also install the python-backports.noarch package.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 18:22

Ok, I see the bug now - this can happen when a package changes architecture, which is the case with this python-backports upgrade. I will fix Webmin in the next release to handle this properly.

Submitted by Issues on Sun, 04/19/2015 - 18:23

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.