I find it interesting that a yum update always grabs the newest kernel regardless of repository or kernel type. e.g. if i run the unsupported hugemem kernel and a newer one comes out that is supported hugemem, it'll install that even though it's not the unsupported kernel. I've also seen it install the regular smp kernel and not the hugemem one because the regular smp kernel was newer. It seems to only care about what kernel is newest and doesn't take context into consideration. Sometimes that'll be from the centosplus repository if i have it enabled, sometime it'll be from the regular repo.. The bottom line is it's best to run yum update carefully when looking for a newer kernel esp if you're dealing with some specific support requirement such as in my case where i'm looking for hugemem, smp, and XFS support.
This is exactly why you can include/exclude certain packages in individual repositories, and why the protectbase plugin for yum is nice. -- This message has been double ROT13 encoded for security. Anyone other than the intended recipient attempting to decode this message will be in violation of the DMCA _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
