On 15.11.2007 18:14, Richi Plana wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 10:00 +0100, Stefan Grosse wrote: >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: kernel RPMs dependency on removing prior kernel? >> From: Andrew Farris <lordmorgul@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: 15.11.2007 08:53 >>> ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23-6.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-8.lvn8 set to be erased >>> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package: >>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 >>> ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-37.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-14.lvn8 set to be erased >>> ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-41.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-15.lvn8 set to be erased >>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution >>> Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package >>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 >>> >>> >> This seems to be an already reported bug related to kmods. You find a >> workaround here: >> http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/11/problems-updating-kernels-and-kmods.html > > The workaround I tend to use is: > > # yumdownloader kernel kernel-devel # only do kernel-devel if it's > actually installed > # rpm -ivh kernel-<newversion> kernel-devel-<newversion> > # yum update > # yum remove kernel-<oldestversion> # optional > > This seems to pull in the updated kmods assuming the updated kmods are > being pulled in by a "suite" package that is also updated. It also keeps > the old kmods in case I want to fall back to an older kernel. There is even a easier workaround mentioned in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374711#c1 --- To escape this problem: # yum install kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 # yum update --- But I didn't try yet it it really works. CU knurd -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
