Hello
I have an old MySQL update stuck in the package updates part of Webmin/Virtualmin.
Package ↓ Description Version
mysql MySQL client programs and shared libraries 5.0.77-4.el5_6.6
I have a newer version of MySQL that was installed from the Atomic repo. The above update fails because the newer version is present.
I have excluded this update from yum so it does not try to update from the command line any more but it will not disappear from Webmin.
Is there anything I can do to get rid of it?
Please be gentle, I am not a Linux guru but do know my way around a little.
Regards
Dingo
Howdy,
Can you verify that if you type "yum update" on the command line, it doesn't show any available MySQL updates?
-Eric
Hi, thank you for your reply
Yes I can confirm there are no updates. Here is the output from yum update. I excluded the update from Yum after I noticed it failing in VM/WM.
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, fastestmirror, prioritiesLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: archive.cs.uu.nl
* base: archive.cs.uu.nl
* centosplus: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* contrib: centos.mirror.transip.nl
* extras: mirror.yourwebhoster.eu
* updates: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
645 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
Regards
Dingo
Hi again.
Is there any more info you need to help?
Regards
Dingo
As far as I have seen, webmin and/or virtualmin caches the yum check-update info in collectinfo process, so, assuming you have those turned on, when they eventually run again, it should go away.
Hello
Thank you for the reply.
It has been stuck like this for over 6 months now. I was hoping it would be some sort of cache that may clear eventually but it has not so far. I was hoping that it may be as simple as deleting a cache file or folder that may cure it.
Regards
Dingo
I recall I used to have some stuck ones, but that was fixed in a later Virtualmin. You current?
What does cat /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo show? I presume the mysql is showing from the Centos base, right?
Yes I always update to the new releases when they appear & yes it is from the Centos Base. The source is listed as Updates.
Here is the response from /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
[root@sb2 admin]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#
[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
priority=1
#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
priority=1
#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
priority=1
#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
priority=2
#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
priority=2
Regards
Dingo
Let's say I updated MySQL with some other repository (in my case Jason Litkas). The beginning of mine looks like this:
[base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os exclude=mysql,apr,http,postfix
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
released updates[updates] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates exclude=mysql,apr,http,postfix ...
So, the exclude line works, probably better would be my guess. Seems like you are using priorities, always had trouble with those.
Give it a try, remove anything you don't want to exclude from the exclude lines.
Hello
Good news, looks like you hit the nail on the head there.
I had excluded the package using /etc/yum.conf which worked perfectly for yum via command line. It seems wm/vm does not use the excludes in that file.
So I added the line Exclude=mysql to the repo file as you suggested and did a package refresh inside wm/vm and it disappeared. It was still on the main system information screen so clicked on refresh modules and it went away there too.
Thank you very much for your assistance ;o)
Regards
Dingo