kcarectl --check not working

[scott]

kcarectl --check doesnt do anything to indicate that a new update is available

[scott]

Throughout this latest Dirty COW outbreak, the ability to check for Kernelcare updates appears to have become broken.

--check isn returning anything to indicate that an update is necessary

# kcarectl --check

No update necessary

# kcare-uname -r

6626.32-042stab117.16

# kcarectl --update

Updates already downloaded

Kernel is safe

# kcare-uname -r

2.6.32-042stab120.3

There was an update, but kcarectl --check didn indicate that there was an update.

Is this something that is being overlooked in Kernelcare? I would really like to be able to check for updates before having them applied. After all, I thought that was the point of the --check parameter

[bogdan.sh]

Hello,

That looks like a bug, I have reported this to our developers. Will update this thread with any news about it.

Thanks for letting us know.

[scott]

Any update on this? Because I see that its still not working.

[bogdan.sh]

I see this bug is In progress state now. But, could you please provide me with the output of "kcarectl --patch-info" ?

[scott]

The strange thing is, this was working just fine and then just all of a sudden stopped working.

And now it doesn appear to be a high priority to get it back to working condition.

[iseletsk]

Scott,

Sorry, we have the fix, but it is tied up with about 40 other patches -- there is a major revision of kcarectl coming to support smarter patch application - and it is taking us a bit longer to stabilize the userland part.

[iseletsk]

Sorry, it got stuck in code reviews. Updated package was just released, and it should have --check fixed.