[ale] RH9 Logwatch Errors / glibc stuff

[Dow Hurst]

I've logged out and back in but haven't rebooted yet.  I need my system 
running so haven't taken the chance.  I was hoping if there really is a 
problem that RHN would show an update available.  Nothing shows up when 
checking for updates other than it saying I'm uptodate.  I've let all 
the updates get applied as they appeared.  So the glibc is updated on 
this machine.  I am not going to reboot until I know what to do to fix 
it.  What is the normal procedure under RH9 to recover from this 
situation?  Boot with the install CD?
Dow


Steve Nicholas wrote:

>Hello Ale,
>A two parter here.
>
>1.  Installed RH9 from RH7.2 (install, not an upgrade).  Summary:  What
>was broke in 7.2 appears to work, and things that worked in 7.2 are broke
>in 9.0 :-(
>
>Logwatch returns the error message:
>
>Wrong configuration entry for "Service", if "All" selected, only "-" items
>are allowed
>
>Worked in 7.2.  Looked at logwatch.org, linuxquestions.org, and google.
>No luck.  Ditto for the man page and any FAQ I found.  Line 400 appears to
>be where logwatch.pl dies.  Running RH9 2.4.20-20.9.  RHs version is from
>~ 03/03, d/l'd latest version 5.0.1 (11/03 - rpm) and ran into the same
>brick wall.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>2. RH glibc updates:
>
>Danger Will Robinson Danger!!
>
>When I did the install, was diligent and d/l'd all patches and bugfixes -
>including a glibc bugfix.  Box broke big time upon reboot.  I had to boot
>off of cd into rescue mode, rm glibc, and reinstall the original and
>reboot.  Read that it's not good to update glibc EXCEPT for security
>issues.  Almost did this one until I started seeing msgs resembling what I
>experienced the first time.
>
>For those who did the update, pls let the list know how things go when you
>DO reboot...Inquiring minds want to know.  I may test it out, but not
>until I get a few things sorted out and a good burn to a cd for backup.
>
>Hope #2 helps someone, hope someone can assist in #1.
>
>Steve
>
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