[qubes-users] Help for Qubes updater problem with Fedora-32?

Since this morning Qubes Updater does not succeed updating the ‘fedora-32’ template multiple times, while it did work for ‘whonix-gw-15’ w/o any issues …

The log, that is returned, does not provide me enough information to decide what to do next - or - how to resolve this issue:

Try running an upgrade from Qubes Manager, or start a terminal in that template and run dnf upgrade, see what that tells you.

Performing the upgrade via Qubes Manager did resolve the issue immediately. - Thanks a lot for your help!

Out of curiosity: Why are the actions ‘triggered / used’ by Qubes Manager (QM) and Qubes Updater (QU) different?

With kind regards,

Viktor

> > Since this morning Qubes Updater does not succeed updating the
> > 'fedora-32' template multiple times, while it did work for
> 'whonix-
> > gw-15' w/o any issues ...
> >
> > The log, that is returned, does not provide me enough information
> to
> > decide what to do next - or - how to resolve this issue:
>
> Try running an upgrade from Qubes Manager, or start a terminal in
> that template and run dnf upgrade, see what that tells you.

Performing the upgrade via Qubes Manager did resolve the issue
immediately. - Thanks a lot for your help!

Out of curiosity: Why are the actions 'triggered / used' by Qubes
Manager (QM) and Qubes Updater (QU) different?

Qubes Manager, as far as I know, launches a terminal, in which it
launches system tools, be it apt or dnf or something else. How is it
determined which one to use, I wasn't yet able to find.
Qubes Updater uses qubesctl, which under the hood uses salt, with it's
tools and libraries.

@viq: Thanks a lot for this info!

Re-reading the available documentation I now also found the FAQ entry [1], where this procedure / workaround is described …

Turning this into something positive: I’m confident, that I’ll remember what to do, the next time a similar situation occurs :wink:

With kind regards,

Viktor