Re: kmod update with yum

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Jack Neely wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 04:22:31PM +0200, Farkas Levente wrote:
>> David Timms wrote:
>>>> imho it's the same reason as the recent dbrd kmod thread where wasn't
>>>> any solution.
>>> Please give the mailing list archive URL, no idea what you are talking
>>> about here ?
>> it was on centos-devel list.
>>
>>>> anyway anybody know what is the yum-kmod and what is it good for? and
>>>> try both with/without yum-kmod but the same happened:-(
>>> A comparison of debug runs might lead to a better understanding.
>> but for easy test:
>> http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/i386/other/RPMS/kmod-fuse-2.7.4-20.el5.i686.rpm
>> http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/i386/other/RPMS/kmod-fuse-2.7.4-21.el5.i686.rpm
>> instal the first one on a rhel/centos-5 then put the second one into a
>> repo and yum update and everybody will see the problem:-(
>>
> 
> The yum-fedorakmod (renamed yum-kmod in rhel/centos) is designed to
> handle upgrading/installing/etc kernel modules packaged in the Fedora
> Kmod standard.  However, the RPMs you linked to above aren't packaged to
> this standard...so your stuck with manual updates here.

almost that standard except packaged for kabi compatible kernels (like
the rhel/centos kernels) which case weak-updates can be used.

> They do provide 'kernel-modules' which is what will trigger Yum to only
> install these packages.  For the same logic that you only install kernel
> packages, not upgrade.

i still ask why?
according to man yum.conf:
-------------------------------
installonlypkgs
	List of packages that should only ever be installed, never
	updated. Kernels in particular fall into this category. Defaults
	to  kernel,  kernel-smp, kernel-bigmem, kernel-enterprise,
	kernel-debug, kernel-unsupported.
-------------------------------
so my question why? first of all kernel-modules not among them and
anyway this doesn't says not just the package names but also the
provides are checked!

-- 
  Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"
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