For clarity sake, let me state the problem as I see it first: PROBLEM: Kernel modules not in Fedora Core's kernel packages are difficult to package, track, and upgrade, due to dependency issues and the assumption of multiple kernels. To repeat Seth, right now, if it is a kernel or kernel module (ie provides kernel or provides kernel-modules) then the package is installed not updated. If we can come up with a consistent pattern for when a kernel-module will be updated but not installed then yum can get the added logic to deal with this case. So, what should happen with all of these cases? Case 1: kernel-2.6.10-3_FC3 installed. User runs: "yum install kernel-module-unionfs" to get the unionfs module RPM for kernel-2.6.10-3_FC3. Case 2: kernel-2.6.10-3_FC3, kernel-2.6.10-4_FC3, and kernel-2.6.10-5_FC3 are installed. User runs: "yum install kernel-module-unionfs" to get the unionfs module RPM for all installed kernels. (I think it is safe to assume that if a user has multiple kernels installed that they would like an addon kernel module to be installed for all of them) Case 3: kernel-2.6.10-3_FC3 and kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.10_3_FC3-1 are installed. User runs: "yum update kernel-module-unionfs" (either implicitly, or as part of a generic update all), and kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.10_3_FC3-2 exists in Fedora Extras. Case 4: kernel-2.6.10-3_FC3 and kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.10_3_FC3-1 are installed. User runs: "yum update kernel" (either implicitly, or as part of a generic update all), and both kernel-2.6.10-4_FC3 kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.10_4_FC3-1 exists in Fedora Extras. ~spot --- Tom "spot" Callaway: Red Hat Sales Engineer || GPG Fingerprint: 93054260 Fedora Extras Steering Committee Member (RPM Standards and Practices) Aurora Linux Project Leader: http://auroralinux.org Lemurs, llamas, and sparcs, oh my!
