On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 11:04 -0500, James Laska wrote:
On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 10:13 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I just set up a fresh F12 vm, then I logged in and tried to update the
> system. I was greeted with an 'internal system error' dialog. After
> seeking advice I learned that I need to manually update yum and
> PackageKit before doing the wholesale system update.
>
> I think this is a pretty dire issue, essentially a dead-on-arrival
> system. One more reason why we need to batch updates and test them as a
> whole.
> What mechanisms to we have in place to prevent issues like this from
> repeating in F13 ?
Without understanding the root cause of the failure, it's hard to say.
If you can provide a bz, we'll be happy to include this into the mix
with current AutoQA initiatives.
When I asked hughsie, he pointed me at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541645
> Does autoqa run any 'update a fresh install to all
> current updates' kind of test ?
No, we do not have such at test at this time. What test(s) would you
like to see covered by doing a GOLD install + upgrade? Is this for
depsclosure or conflicts detection? Is there any existing automated
functional verification you'd like to have AutoQA provide regular
results for? Again, I'll probably have a more appropriate
recommendation once we figure out what the core problem is.
The problem I was facing is very easy to reproduce, and very hard to
deal with for regular users.
1) Install from the live cd
2) Log in
3) Run System > Administration > Software Updates
4) Get an unintelligable error dialog
So, I think having an automated test that basically does these steps and
verifies that the current set of updates can be successfully installed
on a GOLD install would be very useful.