# yum update httpd
Setting up Update Process
Could not find update match for httpd
No Packages marked for Update

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

# yum clean all
Cleaning up Everything
# yum update httpd
fedora                    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 Process
Could not find update match for httpd
No 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 upgrade
Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fedora-release.noarch 0:8-6.transition set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 fedora-release          noarch     8-6.transition   updates            31 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       1 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 31 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): fedora-release-8-6 100% |=========================|  31 kB    00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating  : fedora-release               ######################### [1/2]
  Cleanup   : fedora-release               ######################### [2/2] 

Updated: fedora-release.noarch 0:8-6.transition
Complete!
[root@c100586 yum.repos.d]# yum update httpd
updates-newkey            100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 4.6 MB    00:01
Setting up Update Process
Resolving 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 Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 httpd                   x86_64     2.2.9-1.fc8      updates-newkey    983 k
Updating 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 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       4 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 1.9 M
Is 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.