Re: DNF: Only one kernel-devel package allowed?

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On 10/05/2015 06:05 AM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
> On 10/04/15 17:45, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 10/05/2015 05:21 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 08:06:42AM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>>> I'm assuming this is DNF and not some other change...
>>>>
>>>> Yum allowed multiple kernel-devel packages to be installed, dnf does not,
>>>> which prevents you from building kernel modules for other kernel releases.
>>>>
>>>> Was there a good reason for this change in behavior?
>>> This is not true.
>>>
>>>   $ rpm -q kernel-devel | sort
>>>   kernel-devel-4.0.4-202.fc21.x86_64
>>>   kernel-devel-4.1.5-200.fc22.x86_64
>>>   kernel-devel-4.1.6-200.fc22.x86_64
>>>   kernel-devel-4.1.6-201.fc22.x86_64
>>>   kernel-devel-4.1.7-200.fc22.x86_64
>>>   kernel-devel-4.1.8-200.fc22.x86_64
>>>
>>> Maybe you are confusing with kernel-headers?  If that is the case, it
>>> has been like that for ages.  And usually that should not be a problem,
>>> specially between minor releases (as is the case for a given Fedora
>>> release).
>>>
>> I think you had not read the entire thread before you responded.  We later discovered him to be on F21 and indeed on my F21 VM I confirmed....
>>
>> [root@f21 dnf]# rpm -q kernel
>> kernel-4.0.7-200.fc21.x86_64
>> kernel-4.1.6-100.fc21.x86_64
>> kernel-4.1.7-100.fc21.x86_64
>>
>> [root@f21 dnf]# rpm -q kernel-devel
>> kernel-devel-4.1.7-100.fc21.x86_64
>>
>> [root@f21 dnf]# uname -r
>> 4.1.7-100.fc21.x86_64
> Not my experience, I have:
>
> # rpm -q kernel
> kernel-4.1.4-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-4.1.6-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-4.1.7-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21.x86_64
> # rpm -q kernel-devel
> kernel-devel-4.1.4-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-devel-4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-devel-4.1.6-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-devel-4.1.7-100.fc21.x86_64
> kernel-devel-4.1.8-100.fc21.x86_64
>
> What I do not use is dnf, I'm still using yum....  Yet another instance
> of dnf not working the same as yum.
>
>> F22, on the other hand, is "better"

And that is why I said "F22 is better".

With the same configuration for dnf in F22 the kernel-devel packages remain.   Should have made that clear.

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