On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 12:26 -0700, David Bear wrote: > it looks that up2date has kernel selected to ignore. I am wondering > why. > > what are the conditions underwhich I would not want to keep my kernel > up2date as well? > > Since most of my experience has been with Suse and Freebsd, I am > wondering if there is some configuration with up2date whereby I only > receive security critical updates. Or, is that only what up2date > delivers? > > -- > David Bear > phone: 480-965-8257 > fax: 480-965-9189 > College of Public Programs/ASU > Wilson Hall 232 > Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 > "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" > Hi David. Yes the default configuration skips kernel*. At the command line, you can run up2date like this: up2date -u kernel kernel-smp kernel-utils --force This will override the skip. The reason this is done is as the other posters have mentioned - safety. A kernel update really should be an attended change. Meaning a sysadmin should be there to do it. It is possible to remove the kernel* skip in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date configuration file and have RHN and rhnsd set up to automatically download and install the updates. However, as you may be aware, kernel updates require a reboot. Cheers, Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
