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#1 2015-02-18 22:23:01
- sjg
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[SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
Hi all,
I have a number of machines running arch, and on each use checkupdates to keep track of how many updates are pending.
On one machine (a VPS), checkupdates gives never gives any output. Performing an -Syu at the same time will identify packages that require updating. I have tried changing the DB path to no avail.
I haven't come across this issue on any of the other machines and am not sure what to try to fix it.
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions!
Thanks,
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#2 2015-02-19 13:56:41
- fsckd
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
checkupdates is a simple shell script. You can more or less run the steps manually. Remember to run the commands without redirecting output to /dev/null so that you can catch any errors. 
Btw, is that machine using grsec?
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#3 2015-02-19 15:55:13
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
Thanks - I'm an idiot, I didn't have fakeroot installed on the VPS. All working as it should now.
For what it's worth, I'm not using grsec.
Thanks for your help.
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#4 2015-02-19 17:09:41
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.
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#5 2015-02-20 18:02:19
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
I guess most people will have fakeroot or the whole of base-devel installed anyway, but should fakeroot not be listed as at least an optional dependency for pacman?
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#6 2015-02-20 18:25:05
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
I guess most people will have fakeroot or the whole of base-devel installed anyway, but should fakeroot not be listed as at least an optional dependency for pacman?
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43620
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40464
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#7 2015-02-20 18:26:02
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Re: [SOLVED] No output from checkupdates
It used to be. It was removed recently. I don't know why. https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 598121cdcd
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