Re: Yum not updating kernel

[Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 23:44 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > Bob Taylor wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 12:10 -0800, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > Well, exactarch=0 might work around this from a yum 
> > > standpoint (as far
> > > > as downloading the updates), but if RPM is complaining this 
> > > is beyond
> > > > the control of yum.  As someone else mentioned, taking a 
> > > look at your
> > > > ~/.rpmmacros file would be interesting.
> > > It was empty.
> > >
> > > > Also, could you post the output of:
> > > >
> > > >   rpm -q --queryformat 
> > > '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' kernel
> > >
> > > kernel-2.6.18-8.el5.i686
> > > kernel-2.6.18-8.1.14.el5.i686
> > > kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686
> > >
> > > The last kernel was installed manually using --ignorearch.
> > Bob,
> >
> > What's the output of,
> >
> > # rpm -q --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' rpm
>
> rpm-4.4.2-47.el5.i386
>
> > The contents of,
> >
> > # cat /etc/rpm/platform
>
> i386-redhat-linux
>
> > And the output of,
> >
> > # rpm --eval '%_arch'
>
> i386
>
> > Also, did you re-install rpm by forcing an upgrade in place of rpm with,
>
> I ran yum remove yum. I did not remove rpm nor did an rpm --force.
what happens if you edit /etc/rpm/platform and change it too:

i686-redhat-linux

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