On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 15:56 +1000, Stuart Low wrote: > Hey, > > > How can I go about convincing yum to update the iptables install on my > > old firewall box when it reports this: > > [root@gene etc]# yum update iptables > > package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded > > package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded > > The kernel is in fact a 2.4.29, obviously new enough but locally built. > > Is this a case where the --nodeps --force options to rpm can be used? > > Probably not the smartest move. Be best to manually download the latest > kernel rpm and rpm -ivh it. Then modify your lilo/grub config back to > booting your custom kernel by default. > > That way you've avoided the dep issue but haven't lost your custom > kernel. > when yum updates kernels it does not remove the older kernels. So there's no danger in yum installing the kernel for you. -sv -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
