"Failed to Update System" Error

[Ennead]

I just finished installing Fedora 9. There are five security updated that need to be installed. When I try to install them, I get:

Failed to Update System.
The error was: org.freedesktop.packagekit.update-
system auth_admin_keep_always

Any ideas what might be wrong? I tried a second complete install, and the same thing happened. This is prior to installing Amahi. The machine in question is the one I am using to write this post, so it's not completely whacked out.

[moredruid]

seems to be a fedora 9 bug.
check out https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452984 & https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443551 for more info.

basically, don't log in on the desktop (GUI) as root but as a normal user and run the update again.

then again, a "yum update" on the command line may fix it (as root this time)

[rgmhtt]

I am not logged in at the console, nor have any web access open, only SSHed to the box in as root.

I run yum update and it ends with:

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch from updates-newkey has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.27.9-73.fc9 set to be erased
---> Package rubygem-hoe.noarch 0:1.11.0-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 for package: rubygem-hoe
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch from updates-newkey has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)
Error: Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)

So we have a real problem here....

[moredruid]

could you do a "yum clean all" and run the update again? perhaps the local cache is corrupt.

[rgmhtt]

Duh. Good idea, so here is yum update after a yum clean all:

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch from updates-newkey has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.27.9-73.fc9 set to be erased
---> Package rubygem-hoe.noarch 0:1.11.0-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 for package: rubygem-hoe
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch from updates-newkey has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)
Error: Missing Dependency: rubygem(rake) >= 0.8.4 is needed by package rubygem-hoe-1.11.0-1.fc9.noarch (updates-newkey)

[moredruid]

OK, looks like rubygem(rake) is either not installed or has the wrong version.
check for that:

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yum list installed 'rubygem*'

the above command should give you all the installed rubygems on your system. see if you can find (rake) with a version number.
if it's not listed, install or upgrade it first either from repo or from an rpm fetched from the internet and make sure you have at least version number 0.8.4.

[rgmhtt]

OK, looks like rubygem(rake) is either not installed or has the wrong version.
check for that:

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yum list installed 'rubygem*'

the above command should give you all the installed rubygems on your system. see if you can find (rake) with a version number.
if it's not listed, install or upgrade it first either from repo or from an rpm fetched from the internet and make sure you have at least version number 0.8.4.

Huston, we have a problem....

rubygem-rake.noarch 0.8.3-1.fc9 installed

yum update rubygem-rake*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* updates-newkey: mirror.hiwaay.net
* updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* fedora: mirror.hiwaay.net
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

So why is Amahi, built to run on FC9, needing rake 0.8.4? And where do I get this more current version. And why is no one else hitting this problem?

[moredruid]

hmm maybe the devs have some more cutting edge stuff installed, or the ruby packages used are not coming from fedora mainstream but from the amahi repo...
I haven't ran an update in a few weeks so I don't know for sure.

[rgmhtt]

Another post on this problem at

http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 1345#p1345

[cpg]

i see it on my hda as well.

i would not worry too much about it. the desktop tool will let you just update the security updates, no?

we will see what i can do to move things along this axis.