[GTALUG] Fedora 27 packagekit reboot and install glitch

[Russell]

On May 16, 2018 8:24:52 PM EDT, Howard Gibson <hgibson at eol.ca> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 May 2018 19:48:31 -0400
>Russell via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
>> After installing some recent F27 updates using the gnome software
>centre, the package kit watchdog has stopped exiting gracefully on an
>install routine. This happened after I chose to enable the recommended
>updates.
>
>...
>
>Russel,
>
>I am having problems with dnf too.  I have upgraded my two primary
>computers to Fedora_27.  Overall, I am happy with it, but I find that
>install orders to dnf fail a lot.  Usually, they work when I run them
>again.  This is not much help when my cron job tries to do an update.

I don't generally do updates except for  those security issues which I find out about, either from this list or other feeds. Once I have something that I do rely on daily for workflow, I try not to upset the applecart. 

This year is a bit of an exception, I do all recommended updates, as so many core utilities are affected by all the recent cache mitigations. In addition Fedora 28, has aligned itself more completely with the principles of the company's more robustly secured enterprise solutions. Now libnsl is prised out of glibc and stands on its own as libnsl2.

Ostensibly this provides enhanced support for Transport Independant RPC on IPv6 networks. However my first attempt to revert back to libnsl for portmapping, as others using sane backends on Fedora have recommended trying, borked the socket completely. Clearly I missed something, which thusfar appears to be above my pay grade.

Currently my reading suggests I should be looking to how memory allocation is being managed in F28 to provide for better dynamic linking. I remember a Tlug presentation from quite a number of years ago titled, "Better Living Through Dynamic Linking." 

Now I wish I'd kept better notes, you never know when this sort of esoteric stuff will come in handy.

>
>-- 
>Howard Gibson 
>hgibson at eol.ca
>jhowardgibson at gmail.com
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-- 
Russell