On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi. > > Especially for automated nagios/icinga checks it's nice if one could > differ between critical and non-critical upgrades in SL repos. > > This is what the yum security plugin should do but this doesn't work > apparently: > > # /usr/bin/yum check-update -C > Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror, keys, priorities, protectbase, ps, security, verify > 96 packages excluded due to repository priority protections > 0 packages excluded due to repository protections > > kernel.x86_64 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 sl-security > kernel-devel.x86_64 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 sl-security > kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 sl-security > kernel-firmware.noarch 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 sl-security > kernel-headers.x86_64 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 sl-security > > > But the invocation of claims that ne security updates would be avialable > > # /usr/bin/yum --security check-update -C > Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror, keys, priorities, protectbase, ps, security, verify > 96 packages excluded due to repository priority protections > 0 packages excluded due to repository protections > Limiting package lists to security relevant ones > No packages needed for security; 5 packages available > > Any ideas? A discussion related to the above topic is currently active in the following SL forum: http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=1607&st=0&#entry11096 Akemi