On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 12:35, Jeremy Dreese wrote:
> I don't know if this has ever been discussed before on this list but I
> did a search and couldn't find anything, so...
>
> We currently use autoupdate to update our RedHat boxes. I like some
> things I see in yum and have thought about switching. However, I really
> like how autoupdate handles kernel updates and was wondering if others
> would like yum to have similar features.
>
> Basically, our systems are configured such that autoupdate will install
> any new kernel versions and make the new one the default. The previous
> kernel is then renamed with a configurable tag ("-old" by default). In
> addition, all old kernels (i.e. kernels other than the new and "-old")
> are uninstalled. This is very nice for a lab environment because it is
> fairly obvious to end users which ones they should select. In
> particular, we have a dual-boot lab where Windows is the default, but
> Linux is an option. If there were multiple kernels listed with nothing
> but the version numbers to identify them, some people might not know
> which one to select (even though to you and I it might be obvious).
>
yum currently does exactly what you described.
it installs new kernels and makes them the default.
It operates IDENTICALLY to how up2date does it.
-sv
