Yum Extender

I have just made a new release of yumex

There is no new features, just bugfixes.

get the source here

Fedora 13 & Rawhide Updates at next push.

Yum Extender 2.9.8 released.

Changes:

Source can found here

Should be available for F13 (Updates-testing) & F14 (Rawhide) at next push.

I have added support for sortable columns, it is not enabled by default but have to be activated in Edit -> Preferences, because it make package view population slower.

Added a new plugin to make this site look good on your touch phone (Android, iPhone etc.)

I have fixed the OpenID login, it should now be possible to create an account using an OpenID

Yum Extender 2.9.7 has just been released and 2.9.6 was released a couple weeks ago.

Changes:

• Added  ‘–disable-netcheck’ to bypass the network connection check and the  auto disable of non local repos, this can be enabled/disabled in the Preferences.
• Lot of bugfixes and translation updates.

changelog.

Get the source here.

2.9.7 is  available in updates-testing for F12 and F11.

2.9.6 is availabe in updates for F11 & F12

Yum Extender 2.9.5 has just been released.

Changes:

• All repo deselection/selection by clicking on selection column header multiple times
• Run yumex gui  as root ny adding ‘–root’ at command line (Removable media support will not work as root)
• lot of bugfixes to make yumex more stable and handle problems better
• lot of translation updates (Thanks to all Translators)

changelog.

Get the source here.

Will be available in updates-testing for F12 and F11 very soon.

SELinux issue fixed in selinux-policy-3.6.32-36 in Fedora

* Thu Oct 29 2009 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> 3.6.32-36
- Change labeling of /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend

Yum Extender 2.9.4 has just been released.

Changes:

• yum history support.
  • list, undo and redo previous yum transactions
• bugfixes.

changelog.

Get the source here.

Fedora 12 Koji rpm here. (We been available in Fedora 12 updates after the F12 release)

Fedora 11 Koji rpm here. (Will be in updates-testing later)

There is a selinux issues in Yum Extender 2.9.x in Fedora 12 (Beta) and F11.

It will give problems when installing new kernels

you will get messages like this

13:33:46 : YUM: /sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 292: /sbin/depmod: Permission denied
13:34:05 : YUM: /usr/bin/ldd: line 118: /sbin/udevd: Permission denied

It is caused by /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend is not labeled correctly.

Run the following commands as root to fix it.

chcon system_u:object_r:rpm_exec_t:s0  /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend
restorecon -r /usr/share/yumex

I have requested it to added to standard SELinux policy in Fedora.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527528

To fix an already installed kernel in F12.

$ rpm -q kernel-PAE --scripts | grep -e '--install'
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel-PAE --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod --install 2.6.31.1-56.fc12.i686.PAE || exit $?

copy the /sbin/new-kernel-pkg command and run it as root.

/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel-PAE --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod --install 2.6.31.1-56.fc12.i686.PAE

if you are using a non PAE system then substitute ‘kernel-PAE’ with ‘kernel’ in the rpm -q command.