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openSUSE 11.0 Updater keeps telling me that the following patch is
available:

java-1_4_2-sun: 2008 Brazil DST start date change, SLE 10, Sun Java

However, when I select ‘install’, the updater immediately goes to
“checking for updates”. It never installs anything.

Even worse, when there are multiple patches available, they won’t
install unless I deselect that java patch.

I’m far from an expert on the admin tools, so forgive my ignorance, but
how can I find out why this patch is being presented, and why the
install is failing?

Thanks – Allen

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I’ve had this problem with a number of updates from time to time. I
usually find that using zypper to install the updates resolves the
problem.

If you wish to try it enter the following in a terminal

Code:

sudo zypper up

Enter your root password and away you go. More on Zypper here:-
‘Zypper Usage’ (http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Usage)

N.B: I’ve also read that sometimes just waiting a few days can sort out
the problem.

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Hello Freefiber;

Using 10.3 and was chasing something like this around like a mouse in a
maze.

The last thing was a reboot that solved it. No mention was ever
present that explained the need to reboot so kept right on chasing.

Good luck
tom

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PurpleMonkey,

I want to thank you for your sound advise on this topic, As I had a few
Kernel Updates that would not install as well.

I forgot out the zypper command. I ran it and it fixed my kernel
problem

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To my surprise, the problem has disappeared without a reboot or other
action on my part (except posting this question). Regardless, I
appreciate your help in case this problem recurs.

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I have the exact same problem as freefiber, except that the
-java-1_4_2-sun- package was never installed.

So why is the updater flagging this as a required update? There’s a bug
somewhere.

Also it keeps insisting that I need to patch
-kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger- even though it’s uninstalled.

This has been going on for a while now – a few weeks I think.

Is there a way to make the packager manager regain sanity, so to speak?

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I have the same Brazil update problem as freefiber and amarjam, with the
following modifications:

(1) The Brazil update is the only one failing. My other updates
succeed even with Brazil selected. Sometimes I have to wait for the
repositories to update, but that self-resolves over time with only the
Brazil DST update remaining as the annoyance.

(2) I ran zypper up with the following results:

linux-xion:/home/mtgucs # zypper up
Reading installed packages…

Problem: patch:java-1_4_2-sun-299.noarch conflicts with
java-1_5_0-sun-plugin.i586 < 1.5.0_update16-1.3 provided by
java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update16-1.1.i586

Solution 1: do not keep java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update16-1.1.i586
installed
Solution 2: do not install patch:java-1_4_2-sun-299.noarch

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/C]: 2
Resolving dependencies…
Nothing to do.

(3) Whaddya mean, nothing to do?

(4) I probably, but can’t be sure, tried to install java-1_4_2 in
order to get Java on my browsers (still not working btw, different
complaint - different thread). So somewhere in the technosludge of my
hard drive is a reference to java-1_4 that openSUSE update is seeing,
but which no longer exists.

(5) Here is my update-alternatives output:

linux-xion:/home/mtgucs # update-alternatives --config java

There are 3 programs which provide `java’.

Selection Command

  • 1        /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.6.0-sun/bin/java

2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-sun/bin/java

  • 3 /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java

Enter to keep the default , or type selection number:*
linux-xion:/home/mtgucs #

(6) Suggestions? Purge Java completely, and will that get rid of the
lingering reference to Java-1_4? Edit the package manager reference to
Java-1_4? Cancel my ticket to Rio?

:\ mtgucs

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First in reply to the OP,

I’ve found that when the YOU (Yast Online Update) stalls, I can resolve
by opening up Yast, then running the Update manually selecting maybe a
dozen or so updates at a time. I suspect that contention is related to
the number of updates downloaded or installed at once and maybe could be
resolved by either throttling or better thread control.

As for the Java issue, I do recommend uninstalling any version of Java
you don’t need (In my experience if installed from the SuSE repos Java
packages uninstall completely and properly). I can’t imagine patching a
version of Java that’s not currently used can be good, and I doubt that
ordinarily there should be any good reason to be running Java 1.4 any
more.

In fact, I wonder about your Java 1.4. Since it doesn’t show up in your
update-alternatives I suspect you may not have installed it from the
SuSE repos. When using update-alternatives it only works with Java
installed in the bin directory, when you install Java from the Sun
website, it installs in a different directory and is manually installed
(BTW - Uninstalling can require manually removing those manual
configurations wherever they are… eg Profile).

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The never updating update for me is fileshareset.

I’m hoping I can make it go away tomorrow by installing 11.1:)

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Online update keeps notifying me that there are two updates available:
fileshareset
kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger

Neither application is installed, according to YAST.

The updates will not install. Rather the update notifier simply opens a
new notice that the same two updates are available.

I’ve tried rebooting, logging out/in, &
as su:
rpmdb --rebuilddb
zypper refresh
zypper up

the last command only shows:

Reading installed packages…

The following NEW patches are going to be installed:
fileshareset kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger

No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [YES/no]:

No matter what I enter (“YES” “yes” “y” “Y”), I am simply dumped back
to the command line. Reissuing “zypper up” shows the same update needs
to be installed:O.

Has anyone had any luck with this?

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I have a similar problem with the “fileshareset” patch and posted about
it in this thread ‘Problems with patch updates on 11.0 - openSUSE
Forums’ (http://tinyurl.com/3s9689)

the “fileshareset” patch is a collective update of the kdebase3
packages, however it never installs. I don’t know who’s the idiot who
pushed this patch to the update servers, but he better fix it soon!

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Hello to all!

I’m encountering the exact same problem. If a solution comes up, let us
know!

Thanks in advance.

Luc

swamp_yankee;1910230 Wrote:
> Online update keeps notifying me that there are two updates available:
> fileshareset
> kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger
>
> Neither application is installed, according to YAST.
>
> The updates will not install. Rather the update notifier simply opens a
> new notice that the same two updates are available.
>
> I’ve tried rebooting, logging out/in, &
> as su:
> rpmdb --rebuilddb
> zypper refresh
> zypper up
>
> the last command only shows:
>
> Reading installed packages…
>
> The following NEW patches are going to be installed:
> fileshareset kdenetwork3-InstantMessenger
>
>
> No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
> Continue? [YES/no]:
>
> No matter what I enter (“YES” “yes” “y” “Y”), I am simply dumped back
> to the command line. Reissuing “zypper up” shows the same update needs
> to be installed:O.
>
> Has anyone had any luck with this?

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Hello,

i had the same problem with fileshareset and
kdenetwork3-instantMessenger

I follow the bug 447986 see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447986

and in the comment #30, i add the repo : ‘Index of /update/11.0-test’
(http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0-test/)

I have refreshed update and upgrade zypper.

After new updates were available but i choosed to not update.

Finally i deactivated the new update repo and all is ok.

It solved my problem, before doing this, be sure what you are doing.

Stan.

sorry for my poor english, i’m french.

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