Hi Connie,
Connie Sieh wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, P. Larry Nelson wrote:
>
>> Hi Troy,
>>
>> Troy Dawson wrote:
>>> Here is the script that yum-conf (not yum) runs on install to turn
>>> itself on.
>>>
>>> /sbin/chkconfig --add yum
>>> /sbin/chkconfig yum on
>>> /sbin/service yum restart >> /dev/null
>>>
>>> If you had previously turned yum off
>>> /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 yum off
>>> Then it is going to *stay* off.
>>>
>>> This has been in every yum-conf since SL 4.0, so I'm not quite sure what
>>> is happening on your machines Steve.
>>>
>>> Troy
>>
>> I can't vouch for Steve, but in my case, I've never intentionally
>> turned yum off. All our remaining 4.8 systems started out life as 4.6.
>> The nightly yum always ran. Then after I upgraded to 4.8, that's when
>
> What method did you use to do the upgrade?
I followed the "Impatient" instructions here, skipping no steps:
http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/howto/upgrade.4x
>> I started noticing that the systems weren't running the nightly yum.
>> At the time, I was too busy to worry or care much about it as we started
>> transitioning to 5.4. But I just had to rebuild a couple of compute
>> servers that still need to run 4.8, and being too lazy to download
>> and burn 4.8 discs, I used my old 4.6 discs and then followed the
>> upgrade HowTo. Paid attention to what happened this time - thus my
>
> Which I assume says to update via yum?
Yes.
- Larry
> -Connie Sieh
>> posting to the list.
>>
>> - Larry
>>
>>> Steven Timm wrote:
>>>> Bug, I think
>>>> On sl 4.6 and before, yum wasn't listed as a service in
>>>> chkconfig, now it is. Got to chkconfig it on manually.
>>>> Have seen this happen on several machines.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, P. Larry Nelson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, this is probably a Troy or Connie question, but I've noticed
>>>>> that after upgrading systems installed with SL4.6 to SL4.8,
>>>>> following the HowTo instructions on the SL web page, that yum
>>>>> is turned off.
>>>>>
>>>>> [root@cx07 ~]# chkconfig --list yum
>>>>> yum 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bug or feature?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> - Larry
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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