From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Rodrigo Barbosa
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 01:26:41PM -0500, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > It is stock except for the csgfs packages from the CentOS-csgfs
> > repository and one or two other rpm packages.
>
> "It is stock except" = "not stock". Several packages interact with
> each other, including the kernel.
>
> > I want to keep the machine up to date, but I guess I'll have to be
> > careful with the kernel updates. Any others that could cause
> > problems?
>
> Pretty much any package has dependencies and/or provides something
> used by others. You will have to do a complete dependency tracking to
> make certain what your non-stock packages can interact with, which is
> a very daunting task. Checking provides and requires on the rpmdb is
> just the first step, and things can get really ugly when the
> interaction is done using unix sockets or, god forbit, dbus.
I though dependency tracking was what yum and rpms were for? If I
installed the cman-kernel package via yum, shouldn't I get a dependency
warning if I try to install the new kernel? I know I would get one if I
tried to install the current cman-kernel package on top of the new
kernel.
--
Bowie
