Yum - suddenly a huge list of packages to update?

dperren

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Just went and checked my server for updates, and got the following massive list:

Code:
GConf2.i386                              2.8.1-1.el4            base
OpenIPMI.i386                            1.4.14-1.4E.20         base
OpenIPMI-libs.i386                       1.4.14-1.4E.20         base
OpenIPMI-tools.i386                      1.4.14-1.4E.20         base
alsa-utils.i386                          1.0.6-8                base
apr.i386                                 0.9.4-24.9             base
audit.i386                               1.0.15-3.el4_6.1       update
audit-libs.i386                          1.0.15-3.el4_6.1       update
autofs.i386                              1:4.1.3-231            base
bash.i386                                3.0-19.6               base
bind.i386                                20:9.2.4-28.el4        base
bind-libs.i386                           20:9.2.4-28.el4        base
bind-utils.i386                          20:9.2.4-28.el4        base
binutils.i386                            2.15.92.0.2-24         base
centos-release.i386                      6:4-4.4                base
comps.i386                               2:4.6CENTOS-0.20071119 base
coreutils.i386                           5.2.1-31.7             base
cpp.i386                                 3.4.6-9                base
crash.i386                               4.0-4.3.0              base
dapl.i386                                1.2.1.1-7              base
db4.i386                                 4.2.52-7.3.el4         base
db4-devel.i386                           4.2.52-7.3.el4         base
db4-utils.i386                           4.2.52-7.3.el4         base
device-mapper.i386                       1.02.21-1.el4          base
diskdumputils.i386                       1.4.1-2                base
dmraid.i386                              1.0.0.rc14-6_RHEL4_U5  base
dmraid-devel.i386                        1.0.0.rc14-6_RHEL4_U5  base
e2fsprogs.i386                           1.35-12.11.el4         base
e2fsprogs-devel.i386                     1.35-12.11.el4         base
elfutils.i386                            0.97.1-5               base
elfutils-libelf.i386                     0.97.1-5               base
ethtool.i386                             6-1                    base
fontconfig.i386                          2.2.3-13.el4           base
gamin.i386                               0.1.7-1.4.EL4          base
gcc.i386                                 3.4.6-9                base
gcc-c++.i386                             3.4.6-9                base
gcc-g77.i386                             3.4.6-9                base
gcc-java.i386                            3.4.6-9                base
gdb.i386                                 6.3.0.0-1.153.el4      base
glibc.i686                               2.3.4-2.39             base
glibc-common.i386                        2.3.4-2.39             base
glibc-devel.i386                         2.3.4-2.39             base
glibc-headers.i386                       2.3.4-2.39             base
gnome-keyring.i386                       0.4.0-1.2.EL4          base
gnome-vfs2.i386                          2.8.2-8.6.EL4          base
gzip.i386                                1.3.3-17.rhel4         base
hal.i386                                 0.4.2-7.EL4            base
hwdata.noarch                            0.146.33.EL-1          base
initscripts.i386                         7.93.31.EL-2.centos4   base
kbd.i386                                 1.12-2.el4.5           base
kernel.i686                              2.6.9-67.0.1.EL        update
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.9-67.0.1.EL        update
kernel-hugemem-devel.i686                2.6.9-67.0.1.EL        update
kernel-smp-devel.i686                    2.6.9-67.0.1.EL        update
kernel-utils.i386                        1:2.4-13.1.105         base
krb5-devel.i386                          1.3.4-54               base
krb5-libs.i386                           1.3.4-54               base
krb5-workstation.i386                    1.3.4-54               base
kudzu.i386                               1.1.95.23-1            base
kudzu-devel.i386                         1.1.95.23-1            base
libf2c.i386                              3.4.6-9                base
libgcc.i386                              3.4.6-9                base
libgcj.i386                              3.4.6-9                base
libgcj-devel.i386                        3.4.6-9                base
libibverbs.i386                          1.1.1-7                base
libmthca.i386                            1.0.4-7                base
libpcap.i386                             14:0.8.3-12.el4        base
librdmacm.i386                           1.0.1-7                base
libsdp.i386                              1:1.1.99-7             base
libselinux.i386                          1.19.1-7.4             base
libselinux-devel.i386                    1.19.1-7.4             base
libstdc++.i386                           3.4.6-9                base
libstdc++-devel.i386                     3.4.6-9                base
libtool.i386                             1.5.6-4.EL4.2          base
libtool-libs.i386                        1.5.6-4.EL4.2          base
libwnck.i386                             2.8.1-7.el4            base
lvm2.i386                                2.02.27-2.el4_6.1      update
man.i386                                 1.5o1-11.el4           base
man-pages.noarch                         1.67-14.el4            base
mdadm.i386                               1.12.0-5               base
mkinitrd.i386                            4.2.1.13-1             base
module-init-tools.i386                   3.1-0.pre5.3.4.el4_6.1 update
ncurses.i386                             5.4-15.el4             base
ncurses-devel.i386                       5.4-15.el4             base
net-snmp-libs.i386                       5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1    update
netdump.i386                             0.7.16-14              base
nfs-utils.i386                           1.0.6-84.EL4           base
nscd.i386                                2.3.4-2.39             base
nss_ldap.i386                            226-20                 base
numactl.i386                             0.6.4-1.40             base
openib.i386                              1.2-7                  base
openldap.i386                            2.2.13-8.el4_6.2       update
openldap-clients.i386                    2.2.13-8.el4_6.2       update
openldap-devel.i386                      2.2.13-8.el4_6.2       update
openssh.i386                             3.9p1-8.RHEL4.24       base
openssh-clients.i386                     3.9p1-8.RHEL4.24       base
openssh-server.i386                      3.9p1-8.RHEL4.24       base
openssl.i686                             0.9.7a-43.17.el4_6.1   base
openssl-devel.i586                       0.9.7a-43.17.el4_6.1   base
oprofile.i386                            0.8.1-33               base
pam.i386                                 0.77-66.23             base
pam-devel.i386                           0.77-66.23             base
pam_krb5.i386                            2.1.17-1               base
parted.i386                              1.6.19-19.EL           base
pcre.i386                                4.5-4.el4_6.6          update
pdksh.i386                               5.2.14-30.6            base
policycoreutils.i386                     1.18.1-4.13            base
popt.i386                                1.9.1-23_nonptl        base
procmail.i386                            3.22-14.1.el4          base
procps.i386                              3.2.3-8.9              base
pygtk2.i386                              2.4.0-2.el4            base
pygtk2-libglade.i386                     2.4.0-2.el4            base
python.i386                              2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1     update
python-devel.i386                        2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1     update
rhpl.i386                                0.148.6-1              base
rp-pppoe.i386                            3.5-22.2.RHEL4.1       base
rpm.i386                                 4.3.3-23_nonptl        base
rpm-build.i386                           4.3.3-23_nonptl        base
rpm-devel.i386                           4.3.3-23_nonptl        base
rpm-libs.i386                            4.3.3-23_nonptl        base
rpm-python.i386                          4.3.3-23_nonptl        base
rpmdb-CentOS.i386                        2:4.6-0.20071119       base
samba-client.i386                        3.0.25b-1.el4_6.4      update
samba-common.i386                        3.0.25b-1.el4_6.4      update
selinux-policy-targeted.noarch           1.17.30-2.149          base
shadow-utils.i386                        2:4.0.3-63.RHEL4       base
slocate.i386                             2.7-13.el4.8           base
strace.i386                              4.5.16-1.el4.2         base
system-config-network.noarch             1.3.22.0.EL.4.4-1      base
system-config-network-tui.noarch         1.3.22.0.EL.4.4-1      base
system-config-packages.noarch            1.2.23-2               base
system-config-users.noarch               1.2.27-0.EL4.5         base
systemtap.i386                           0.5.14-1               base
systemtap-runtime.i386                   0.5.14-1               base
tcp_wrappers.i386                        7.6-37.4               base
tcpdump.i386                             14:3.8.2-12.el4        base
telnet.i386                              1:0.17-31.EL4.5        base
tog-pegasus.i386                         2:2.5.1-5.EL4          base
tog-pegasus-devel.i386                   2:2.5.1-5.EL4          base
udev.i386                                039-10.19.el4          base
up2date.i386                             4.6.2-7.el4_6.1        update
util-linux.i386                          2.12a-17.el4_6.1       update
vixie-cron.i386                          4:4.1-49.EL4           base
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.i386                 6.8.2-1.EL.33          base
xorg-x11-font-utils.i386                 6.8.2-1.EL.33          base
xorg-x11-libs.i386                       6.8.2-1.EL.33          base
xorg-x11-xauth.i386                      6.8.2-1.EL.33          base
xorg-x11-xfs.i386                        6.8.2-1.EL.33          base
yum.noarch                               2.4.3-4.el4.centos     base

I've never seen anything like this number of packages before - it seems to have popped up after I upgraded DA to PHP5, MySQL5 etc. Is it just becase I've been lazy at some point, or has somthing changed that I should be worring about?

Yum.conf:
Code:
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=centos-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
exclude=apache* httpd* mod_* mysql* MySQL* da_* *ftp* exim* sendmail* php* named*

Thanks,
 
Ahh, that explains the longer than usual list of packages!

Just ran an update then rebooted, and it seems that everything is back up and fine. Thanks for the help :)
 
lol been wondering where these came from too.

Thanks for posting the thread :)

Just a side question but is there anywhere that tells you what packages you actaully need to have installed or not?

I mean are all of them needed?

As an example, i have (and bearing in mind i havent looked up these) in my list:

xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL i386 6.8.2-1.EL.33 base 385 k
xorg-x11-libs i386 6.8.2-1.EL.33 base 2.7 M

Do i actually need these libraries installed, being that I dont use X? [as i remember, x11 is the X GUI system]

There seems to be so many different things that i think if they are all needed and whether some prune-ing is worth it or not, as providing that you dont [obviously] remove something that is needed, then surely its beneficial for the system to not have unneeded stuff installed on the machine right?

Cheers
Nath
 
Actually many are dependencies...and chained depencies too...don't worry if too many packages are installed/updated.
 
lol been wondering where these came from too.

Thanks for posting the thread :)

Just a side question but is there anywhere that tells you what packages you actaully need to have installed or not?

I mean are all of them needed?

As an example, i have (and bearing in mind i havent looked up these) in my list:



Do i actually need these libraries installed, being that I dont use X? [as i remember, x11 is the X GUI system]

There seems to be so many different things that i think if they are all needed and whether some prune-ing is worth it or not, as providing that you dont [obviously] remove something that is needed, then surely its beneficial for the system to not have unneeded stuff installed on the machine right?

Cheers
Nath

xorg is needed if you are running a desktop needing the x window system. If you're just using the box as a server, then no, you don't need it.
 
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