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?

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http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=1607&st=0&#entry11096

Akemi