On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 06:43, Heikki Kortti wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many > > people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue: > > > > yum update > > Hasn't anyone noticed that this does not really work for kernel packages? > Yum 2.0.7-1 shows that the kernel update is available (with check-update), > but "yum update" results in yum pulling up a blank: > > # yum --version > 2.0.7 > # yum check-update > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base > Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Name Arch Version Repo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > kernel i386 2.4.20-37.9.legacy updates > > # yum update > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base > Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > Dependencies resolved > I will do the following: > Is this ok [y/N]: N > Exiting on user command. This means your system changed from i586->i686 or vice versa and now it is confused about what it is. If you install yum 2.0.8 you'll see why this is occurring. -sv -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
