VDS and Up2date

[allan]

Has anyone with a VDS on a Redhat server ever tried to run RedHat's up2date? Does it work, or will it cause problems?

[DizixCom]

Allan,

There is no technical reason that you could not do this at all. Naturally, you can't do a kernel update in a VDS, but the rest of it is just software and should function just fine.

[allan]

Technical reason:


RPM package conflict error. The message was:
Test install failed because of package conflicts:
package mod_perl-1.24_01-2.swsoft (which is newer than mod_perl-1.24_01-2) is already installed


I'll keep working at it...don't go to sleep Scott :D

[allan]

Trying to ignore dependencies:


Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
There was a package dependency problem. The message was:

Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
mod_perl-1.24_01-2.swsoft requires apache = 1.3.22
mod_perl 1.24_01-2.swsoft requires apache-fp


Which is weird, because there is a newer version of Apache installed on the server :(

[DizixCom]

Ugg, that's just weird. When you run up2date, which packages are you trying to update? Or are you just trying to install up2date?

Feel free to email me as well, I'll likely see it quicker. :)

[DizixCom]

Oh, Allan, if you decide to do anything wild and crazy make sure you back up your VDS first -- from the control panel. That way if anything gets really messed up it's an easy restore.

[allan]

Originally posted by DizixCom
Ugg, that's just weird. When you run up2date, which packages are you trying to update? Or are you just trying to install up2date?

Feel free to email me as well, I'll likely see it quicker. :)

up2date installed and I was able to register no problem, it is only when it started to download packages that it ran into this problem.

The reason I posted here, is because I imagine there are a fair number of people using Virtuozzo to manage their VDS, so this may be of general use.

[allan]

Originally posted by DizixCom
Oh, Allan, if you decide to do anything wild and crazy make sure you back up your VDS first -- from the control panel. That way if anything gets really messed up it's an easy restore.

But..but...but if I do that how am I going to bitch and moan about how terrible the service is and how you lost all my data :D.

[DizixCom]

Originally posted by allan
But..but...but if I do that how am I going to bitch and moan about how terrible the service is and how you lost all my data :D. Ohh, alright then, don't back it up! I'll start writing my rebuttals and fabricating some ICQ logs to brace for the whining!

Let's see what we can figure out here. I'll just hang out for a while. :)

My first suggestion is to either tell up2date not to update Apache stuff, or to remove the swsoft installation of Apache and install straight from the RedHat 7.1 rpm's (available at ftp.redhat.com). The conflict you are seeing with mod_perl is, at first glance, the difference between the RedHat rpm and the swsoft RPM.

You may want to go into the upgrade center in the control panel and remove mod_perl from your installation and see if up2date behaves better?

Keep us posted.

[allan]

Originally posted by DizixCom

You may want to go into the upgrade center in the control panel and remove mod_perl from your installation and see if up2date behaves better?


That seems to be the key :). Once I did that, the up2date script ran fine...I am going to try it out on my Fluid Hosting VDS and write it up, step by step.

[DizixCom]

Excellent, another lesson learned!

And to think I spend all this time fabricating an ICQ transcript...

-- >

ICQ Transcript, you be the judge!

Allan: You Suck!
Scott: Do not!
Allan: do too
Scott: do not!
Allan: do too
Scott: do not
Allan: do not
Scott: do too
Allan: See!!
Scott: Doh!

[allan]

Originally posted by DizixCom

ICQ Transcript, you be the judge!


Umm..ICQ uses numbers not names..FAKER :D.