On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 14:51 +0530, Ankur Sinha wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to write a yum plug-in: wait-for-kmod > > For quite a few users, the kmods from RPMFusion are a must. Take > broadcom wireless for example. Now, the kmods generally lag the kernel > updates by a few hours: people who do update their systems in this > interval are left without wireless/display etc. on reboot. > > We see this issue regularly in #fedora, each time a kernel update is > pushed. The plug-in will make yum skip a updating the kernel if it sees > that the corresponding kmods are not yet available for update. > > I think this needs to be added in the postresolve slot, but I'm not > adept enough at the yum API yet. I have looked at the API: I spent most > of yesterday doing it. I think tsInfo is the way to go: > > - Get the currently running kernel > - Get a list of installed kmods > - In postresolve hook > - check if the transaction set has kernel marked for update > - if yes, check if all installed kmods have updates too > - if all kmods aren't being updated, remove kernel from transaction > set. > > Could someone please confirm if this is the way to go? I'd be grateful > if any implementation specifics could also be given. (I was referring to > the fedorakmod plug-in in the yum-utils, but it seems to be grossly > outdated API wise) Before someone points it out: I've only posted to the devel list because the yum mailing lists appear to be down. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur: "FranciscoD" http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/
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