Plesk Onyx 17.8.10 (testing) wrong updated offered

[Sergio Manzi]

TITLE:

Plesk Onyx 17.8.10 (testing) wrong updated offered​

PRODUCT, VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM, ARCHITECTURE:

Plesk 17.8.10
CentOS is 7.4.1708, Kernel 3.10.0-693​

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

I'm using Dovecot for IMAP/POP, but after upgrading to 17.8.10 from 17.5.3#40 in the home page I'm offered update for "psa-courier-unicode 2.0-0centos.7.180209.1700"

Same in Tools & settings -> System Updates".

On "Updates & Upgrades", on the other hand, no update is listed as available.

I don't think the "Courier" upgrade is relevant to my setup and I'm also dubious about following the advice and install it as I'm afraid it could interact with my Dovecot setup...​

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

Upgarde from 17.5.3 to 17.8.10 while having Dovecot configured as the POP/IMAP handler​

ACTUAL RESULT:

- After upgrading, a Courier update is offered (psa-courier-unicode 2.0-0centos.7.180209.1700) in the home page
- Inconsistent results between the two available updates "methods"​

EXPECTED RESULT:

- No Courier updates should be offered
- Consistent results between the two available updates "methods"​

ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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YOUR EXPECTATIONS FROM PLESK SERVICE TEAM:

Confirm bug​

 

[IgorG]

Have you tried to fix it with

# plesk installer --select-release-current --reinstall-patch --upgrade-installed-components

?

 

[Sergio Manzi]

Hello Igor!

First I tried a "plesk installer --select-release-current --show-components" and here is the result:

# plesk installer --select-release-current --show-components
...
Detecting installed product components.
  panel             [up2date] - Plesk
  bind              [up2date] - BIND DNS server
  postgresql        [install] - PostgreSQL server
  health-monitor    [up2date] - Server Health Monitor
  fail2ban          [up2date] - Fail2Ban
  selinux           [up2date] - SELinux policy
  l10n              [up2date] - All language localization for Plesk
  git               [install] - Git
  docker            [install] - Docker
  resctrl           [install] - Resource Controller (Cgroups)
  pmm               [upgrade] - Plesk Migrator
  sitebuilder       [install] - Web Presence Builder
  mysqlgroup        [up2date] - MySQL server
  horde             [install] - Horde
  roundcube         [up2date] - Roundcube
  kav               [install] - Kaspersky Anti-Virus
  drweb             [install] - Plesk Premium Antivirus
  spamassassin      [install] - SpamAssassin
  mailman           [up2date] - Mailman
  postfix           [up2date] - Postfix
  qmail             [install] - Qmail
  msmtp             [install] - MSMTP (relay only)
  dovecot           [up2date] - Dovecot
  courier           [install] - Courier
  proftpd           [up2date] - ProFTPD
  webalizer         [install] - Webalizer
  awstats           [up2date] - AWStats
  modsecurity       [install] - ModSecurity
  passenger         [install] - Phusion Passenger server
  ruby              [install] - Ruby support
  nodejs            [install] - NodeJS support
  gems-pre          [install] - Tools required for building Ruby gems
  mod_fcgid         [up2date] - mod_fcgid
  mod_perl          [install] - mod_perl
  mod-bw            [install] - mod_bw
  webservers        [up2date] - Apache
  php7.2            [install] - PHP 7.2
  php7.1            [up2date] - PHP 7.1
  php7.0            [install] - PHP 7.0
  php5.6            [up2date] - PHP 5.6
  php5.5            [install] - PHP 5.5
  php5.4            [install] - PHP 5.4
  php5.3            [install] - PHP 5.3
  php5.2            [install] - PHP 5.2
  phpgroup          [up2date] - PHP 5 from OS vendor
  nginx             [up2date] - Nginx web server
  config-troubleshooter[up2date] - Plesk Web Server Configuration Troubleshooter
  psa-firewall      [up2date] - Plesk Firewall
  psa-vpn           [install] - Plesk VPN
  psa-fileserver    [install] - Plesk file server
  watchdog          [up2date] - Watchdog system monitoring
  cloudflare        [install] - Cloudflare ServerShield
  magicspam         [install] - MagicSpam Embedded Protection
  heavy-metal-skin  [install] - Skins and Color Schemes
  wp-toolkit        [install] - WordPress Toolkit
  advisor           [install] - Advisor
  letsencrypt       [up2date] - Let's Encrypt
  social-login      [install] - Social Login

as you can see Courier is listed as "[install]" (meaning that it is not installed, right?), while I see that Plesk Migrator is listed for upgrade (but I'm not offered that upgrade in the Panel), then I tried what you suggested:

# plesk installer --select-release-current --reinstall-patch --upgrade-installed-components
...
Installing packages

The changes were applied successfully.

After that I re-issued the "--show-components" command with the same results as above, save for Plesk Migrator that is now listed as [up2date] even though I didn't saw any message about it being updated in the console.

On the panel (even after a logout-login cycle) Courier is still offered... :-(

Should I try the suggested upgrade from the panel?

 

[Sergio Manzi]

I forgot to mention that in the meanwhile I also received a "Package Update Manager notification" via email:

The following package updates are available:
- psa-courier-unicode 2.0-0centos.7.180209.1700 from PLESK_17_8_10-extras repo (currently installed version: 1.2-centos7.17031414 from PLESK_17_5_3-extras repo)

 

[Sergio Manzi]

.. it might be that in a very early stage of my server history, at first installation with Plesk 12.0, I used Courier (I'm not sure, though...), but immediately transitioned to Dovecot.

 

[IgorG]

What is output of command

# rpm -qa | grep courier

on your server?

 

[Sergio Manzi]

# rpm -qa | grep courier
psa-courier-unicode-1.2-centos7.17031414.x86_64

 

[IgorG]

Remove this package with

# rpm -e psa-courier-unicode

 

[Sergio Manzi]

Remove this package with

# rpm -e psa-courier-unicode

Hallelujah! After that (and a re-check for updates in the panel) it's gone!

Bug or possible remnants of my old courier installation?

Thanks, Igor!

 

[IgorG]

Yes, I suppose it is because of some orphaned courier package

 

[Sergio Manzi]

Should I check for other remnants? Directories? Is it worth?

 

[IgorG]

Should I check for other remnants? Directories? Is it worth?

Let's solve problems as they arrive? I can not know what else might be wrong on your server.

 

[Sergio Manzi]

Let's solve problems as they arrive? I can not know what else might be wrong on your server.

Fair enough!

I can't flag this as "solved" as it is not an issue, but I "liked" your answer, thanks again!