Yum refuses to update

I happens that I wish to upgrade apache, and I know there is an update available.So, I follow the advice given:

# yum update httpdSetting up Update ProcessCould not find update match for httpdNo Packages marked for Update

Ok, that’s not working. Let’s try this:

# yum clean allCleaning up Everything# yum update httpdfedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00     primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 5.8 MB    00:02     updates                   100% |=========================| 2.6 kB    00:00     primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00     Setting up Update ProcessCould not find update match for httpdNo Packages marked for Update

No dice.
I browsed the repo, and sure enough the update is there. Why won’t yum find it?
Eventually after a bunch of googling, I found this answer.

# yum upgradeSetting up Upgrade ProcessResolving Dependencies--> Running transaction check---> Package fedora-release.noarch 0:8-6.transition set to be updated--> Finished Dependency ResolutionDependencies Resolved============================================================================= Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size =============================================================================Updating: fedora-release          noarch     8-6.transition   updates            31 kTransaction Summary=============================================================================Install      0 Package(s)         Update       1 Package(s)         Remove       0 Package(s)         Total download size: 31 kIs this ok [y/N]: yDownloading Packages:(1/1): fedora-release-8-6 100% |=========================|  31 kB    00:00     Running rpm_check_debugRunning Transaction TestFinished Transaction TestTransaction Test SucceededRunning Transaction  Updating  : fedora-release               ######################### [1/2]   Cleanup   : fedora-release               ######################### [2/2] Updated: fedora-release.noarch 0:8-6.transitionComplete![root@c100586 yum.repos.d]# yum update httpdupdates-newkey            100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    00:00     primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 4.6 MB    00:01     Setting up Update ProcessResolving Dependencies--> Running transaction check---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.9-1.fc8 set to be updated--> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.2.9-1.fc8 for package: httpd--> Processing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.6-3 for package: httpd-manual--> Processing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.6-3 for package: mod_ssl--> Running transaction check---> Package httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.2.9-1.fc8 set to be updated---> Package mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.9-1.fc8 set to be updated---> Package httpd-manual.x86_64 0:2.2.9-1.fc8 set to be updated--> Finished Dependency ResolutionDependencies Resolved============================================================================= Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size =============================================================================Updating: httpd                   x86_64     2.2.9-1.fc8      updates-newkey    983 kUpdating for dependencies: httpd-manual            x86_64     2.2.9-1.fc8      updates-newkey    832 k httpd-tools             x86_64     2.2.9-1.fc8      updates-newkey     68 k mod_ssl                 x86_64     1:2.2.9-1.fc8    updates-newkey     86 kTransaction Summary=============================================================================Install      0 Package(s)         Update       4 Package(s)         Remove       0 Package(s)         Total download size: 1.9 MIs this ok [y/N]:

That’s better.
Really, it was totally unclear from any documentation that I could find that I would need to run yum upgrade.

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