#9569 HIGH -: F11 yum

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#9569: F11 yum
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           Reporter:  matei.tene  |       Owner:  fedora_olpc                      
               Type:  defect      |      Status:  new                              
           Priority:  high        |   Milestone:                                   
          Component:  fedora      |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:              |    Keywords:  yum, F11, OS8, XO-1              
        Next_action:  design      |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:              |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:              |  
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Changes (by Quozl):

  * owner:  cscott => fedora_olpc
  * next_action:  diagnose => design
  * component:  upgrade utility => fedora
  * milestone:  1.5-F11 =>


Comment:

 matei.tene's attachment can be found in ticket #9571, and I agree, it was
 a lack of memory combined with our jffs2 endurance protection design
 decision, and Mikus provides a good workaround.

 Reviewed thread on devel@ "the importance of providing swap space".
 Similar situation and cause.

 Attempting to reproduce:

 ||'''os build'''||'''model'''||'''test'''||'''result'''||'''validity'''||
 ||os33||XO-1.5||''yum install gparted''||successful||valid||
 ||os33||XO-1.5||''yum update''||fails with file conflicts relating to
 kernel package||invalid||
 ||os8||XO-1||''yum install gparted''||fails "Cannot allocate memory" and
 "Segmentation fault", retry with 128Mb swap successful, 7Mb of swap was
 used||valid||
 ||os8||XO-1||''yum update''||fails with missing dependencies for
 libabiword||invalid||
 ||802||XO-1||''yum install gparted''||successful||valid||
 ||802||XO-1||''yum update''||fails with missing dependencies for olpc-
 update||invalid||

 Successfully reproduced on os8.  It looks like a regression from 802 to
 os8, probably caused by increased memory consumption by yum.  The
 workaround is viable.

 Removing milestone ''1.5-F11'' from this ticket, since it doesn't impact
 the build for XO-1.5.

 That yum should take updates in smaller groups automatically is an
 excellent idea, and should be proposed upstream.  Changing component to
 ''fedora''.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9569#comment:2>
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