On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:36:02 +0800, Someone wrote: > I ran "sudo yum update -y" a few days ago, as I often do, and I saw the > following error: > > Error: Package: > kmod-VirtualBox-3.14.6-200.fc20.x86_64-4.3.12-1.fc20.2.x86_64 > (rpmfusion-free-updates) > Requires: kernel-uname-r = 3.14.6-200.fc20.x86_64 > Installed: kernel-3.14.4-200.fc20.x86_64 (@updates) > kernel-uname-r = 3.14.4-200.fc20.x86_64 > Installed: kernel-3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 (@updates) > kernel-uname-r = 3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 > Installed: kernel-3.14.7-200.fc20.x86_64 (@updates) > kernel-uname-r = 3.14.7-200.fc20.x86_64 > Available: kernel-3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (fedora) > kernel-uname-r = 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 > Available: kernel-debug-3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (fedora) > kernel-uname-r = 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64+debug > Available: kernel-debug-3.14.7-200.fc20.x86_64 (updates) > kernel-uname-r = 3.14.7-200.fc20.x86_64+debug > You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem > You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest > > > So I ran "sudo yum update -y --skip-broken", as suggested, and the > update completed without incident. Then I left my machine alone for a > few days, and came back to it figuring that I should run another update, > so I did, and I received the same error. Does this indicate that > anything worrisome is wrong? You cannot let Yum remove old kernel packages from your installation, if a package like kmod-VirtualBox still requires that kernel. > And, regardless, is there anything I could > do to rectify the issue so that I don't keep having to run yum update > commands with the --skip-broken option? Once you've booted with a newer kernel, you could uninstall older kernel packages *and* any kmod packages for those kernels. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
