-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 09 Mar 2003 08:16:48 -0600, Charles wrote: > I am using RH8 on three boxes. Because I use some softeware that > needs a completely configured kernel, I usually install the kernel > sources, make sure that the symlinks in /usr/src point to the > correct places do > > make mrproper > make xconfig > make dep > make clean "make clean" here is obsolete. > make bzImage > make modules > make modules_install > make install > > reboot... > > The I configure, make and install the software (free-swan and wlan-ng). > > If everything works and is stable for a few weeks, I do an rpm -e of > the old kernel. > > Well, on one box I decided to try a vanilla 2.4.20. Everything went > just fine, except that now I cannot do rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0. > Redhat complains that it is needed. > > Hmmm. Ok, so Redhat doesn't know about 2.4.20, so I cannot remove > kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0? > > Is this correct, or am I my usually clueless self? Correct. The manually installed kernel is not registered in the RPM database. You could force removal of the package, however, with adding RPM option --nodeps. On the other hand, what's wrong about keeping the 2.4.18-19.8.0 kernel as a backup kernel? - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+a1Hu0iMVcrivHFQRAsKLAJ9gmAUyaSQZkK3fPjt45iEIrTkj+gCffqso blKI0zJLD2yZelBbWgZDo/w= =JVm0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
