[CentOS] yum check-updates script not working correctly

[Leonard den Ottolander]

Hello Brian,

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 18:52 -0400, brian wrote:
> if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/yum ]; then
> 
>           if [ ${CHECKONLY} = "yes" ];then
> 
>                  /usr/bin/yum-check
>           fi
>           else
>                  /usr/bin/yum -R 10 -e 0 -d 0 -y update yum
>                  /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y update
> fi

> in /etc/sysconfig/yum-check:
> ---------------------- yum-check -------------------------
> # yes sets yum to check for updates and mail only if patches are available
> # no does enable autoupdate if /var/lock/subsys/yum is available
> CHECKONLY="yes"

Seems like poor logic nesting if you read the comment above. Auto update
should only happen if both $CHECKONLY is set to "no"
*and* /var/lock/subsys/yum is a file.

if [ $CHECKONLY == "yes" ]; then
	/usr/bin/yum-check
else
	if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/yum ]; then
		/usr/bin/yum -R 10 -e 0 -d 0 -y update yum
		/usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y update
	fi
fi

is how this should read according to that comment. If you set CHECKONLY
to "no" you still have to touch /var/lock/subsys/yum to actually have
yum autoupdate.

Regards,
Leonard.

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