On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:08:46 -0500, Christopher wrote: > After a "yum update --skip-broken", I now have the following > kernel-related packages installed: How did you create this list? The main kernel packages are missing! > kernel-debug-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 > kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 These two packages have disappeared in the newer build: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=73968 (old: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=70131 ) Could be that these sub-packages are obsolete but have not been obsoleted anywhere. It's a common mistake package maintainers do, especially since there is no Fedora policy on strict "Obsoletes". That leads to broken dependencies during updates. > kernel-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 > kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 > kernel-firmware-2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11.noarch > kernel-headers-2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11.x86_64 > > 1.) Note that kernel-firmware and kernel-headers are out of sync with > the other packages. Should this be allowed by the dependency checker? Yes, I think so. If the dependencies are lax, a broad range of package release is sufficient. The kernel requires a pretty strict version of kernel-firmware, and glibc-headers only requires sufficient kernel-headers to be installed. > 2.) From their descriptions, it looks like kernel-headers and > glibc-headers are only needed if you are compiling code. Are they safe > to remove if I know I don't do that sort of thing? If so, shouldn't > they have "-devel" in the name? I remove all -devel packages to keep my > system clean. Decide yourself based on the package description. I'm surprised one can "rpm -e glibc-headers" while keeping glibc-devel That looks a bit strange. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
