[CentOS] yum - package version database

[neubyr]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <
Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr> wrote:

> On 04/17/2014 11:14 PM, neubyr wrote:
> > When I query for installed package on the system, I get following result:
> >
> > # yum list installed openssl
> > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, tsflags, verify, versionlock
> > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> > Installed Packages
> > openssl.x86_64
> > 1.0.1e-16.el6_5.4
> > @updates/$releasever
> >
> >
> > When I try to install already installed package (just playing with yum),
> I
> > get following result:
> >
> > # yum install openssl
> > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, tsflags, verify, versionlock
> > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> > Setting up Install Process
> > Package matching openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.2.x86_64 already installed.
> > Checking for update.
> > Nothing to do
> >
> >
> > Note, the version reported in both commands is different. Are they
> > referring to different rpmdb state? Appreciate any information on this
> > discrepancy.
>
> mis-configured yum repos? 1.0.0-27.el6_4.2 is an old version from 6.4 I
> think. Maybe you have 6.4 hard-coded in your repo file?
>
> yum install should say:
> Package openssl-1.0.1e-16.el6_5.7.x86_64 already installed and latest
> version
>
> BTW your installed version is not up to date and I think it's a
> heartbleed-affected version...



Thanks Nicolas!

It was misconfigured repo. Local repository mirror wasn't setup properly
(default changed from 6.5 to 6.4!!) and hence it resulted in some conflicts.

-N