Re: current 1.4.2 & up2date 3.0.7 problems

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:32:04AM +0200, Arnaud Abelard wrote:
> my current.conf file:
> 
> [current]
> valid_channels = redhat-7.3-i386 redhat-7.2-i386 redhat-8.0
> <snip snip snip>
> [redhat-8.0]
> name = Red Hat Linux 8.0
> parent_channel =
> arch = i686 i386 athlon

Isn't this just supposed to say "arch = i386" (athlon and i686 are
specific types of i386)? Or am I mistaken?

> os_release = 8.0
> description = Red Hat Linux 8.0
> srpm_check = 0
> 
> rpm_dirs = /opt/ftp/anonymous/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/updates/8.0/en/os/i386/
> src_dirs =
> 
> my rh8.0 machines are running athlons and PIII processors (up2date will 
> just report i686 archs). when i run up2date on this machines i get:
> 
> [root@arz rhn]# up2date
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 801, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 494, in main
>     up2dateAuth.updateLoginInfo()
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 112, in 
> updateLoginInfo
>     loginInfo = login()
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 100, in login
>     loginInfo = rpcServer.doCall(server.up2date.login, systemId)
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 107, in doCall
>     ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 821, in __call__
>     return self.__send(self.__name, args)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 126, in 
> _request
>     verbose=self._verbose
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 141, 
> in request
>     return self.parse_response(fd)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 160, 
> in parse_response
>     p.close()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 393, in close
>     self._parser.Parse("", 1) # end of data
> xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0

I got this traceback too (with the 20021018 snapshot) but it was due to
a user error (I forgot to restart Apache after adding the 8.0 channel)
so I didn't bother reporting it. Did you make sure to restart Apache?
(AFAIK in theory you should disable Apache, change the current.conf
file, then re-enable Apache. Similarly, you should make sure Apache is
disabled whenever you do anything with cadmin.)

-Barry K. Nathan <[email protected]>