[packagekit] Lack of details about updates on Fedora 10 -- SOLVED

[Jesse W]

I've now successfully tracked down the problem.  It was a bug in 
yumBackend.py, which was fixed in the current version of PackageKit.  
The problem was that metadataUpdate wasn't seeing the updateinfo.xml.gz 
file, because the repo was not being fully/correctly setup.  It would 
be good to mention this prominently in the FAQ (or maybe one for Fedora 
10), as it will bite anyone using a fresh F10 CD install.  In what form 
should I send a patch to the FAQ?

Jesse Weinstein

On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Jesse W wrote:
> When I use the gpk-update-viewer to see what updates are available, the
> list of updates only contains the name and version of the package, not
> any details like a description of the update, CVE #s, bug#s, links to
> further information, etc.  I'm not sure how to investigate this, or
> what might be causing it.  I'm have a slow net connection, and the
> Fedora 10 installation is a fresh one directly off the CD.
>
> I have updated my metadata cache (with yum makecache) right now, and
> the problem remains.  I don't think it is caused by
> https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/1829#comment:5 since I haven't
> gotten any such errors, even from running yum directly.