> Here's the important part of /etc/yum.conf: > > installonlypkgs=kernel-default, kernel-default-nongpl, kernel-smp, > kernel-smp-nongpl, kernel-syms, kernel-bigsmp, kernel-bigsmp-nongpl, > kernel-um, kernel-um-nongpl,kernel-xen, kernel-xen-nongpl > > I don't know, if this isn't my fault, since the kernel-syms (as dep of > kernel-source) package shouldn't be in this list. Needless to say, if I > remove it, yum update seems to do it right: > So just to make sure I understand this. When you try to do an update of kernel-syms, not just an install of the new version, things work correctly? What exactly is the bug you think you're seeing here? It sounds like kernel-syms is not a package that is built for multiply-installed sets. > The question is, isn't my whole issue a red herring in the first place, > or should yum deal with such a somewhat bogus setting? B/c it leaves a dependency dangling, it seems. What would you expect yum to do? -sv
