[ATrpms-users] Error: Missing Dependency vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 is needed by package nvidia-graphics

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:12:46AM +1000, Paul wrote:
> On 4/07/2007 8:50 AM, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 08:04:49AM +1000, Paul wrote:
> >> I'm getting these dependency errors again but this time for the last 
> >> kernel not an old one
> > 
> > 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 is old, not new.
> > 
> >> Is this something to do with repos again ?
> > 
> > No, it's the same issue with yum: The kernel gets removed and yum is
> > upset that some kmdls require an old kernel, so yum complains until
> > there kmdls are removed as well.
> 
> 
> Ok so let me try and understand...
> 
> the kernel 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 has been removed from the repo

Yes.

> and yum is trying to download dependancies for this kernel?

Well, not exactly. Yum is upset during depdency resolution, it would
not go as far as to try to download these.

> Is this correct or am I not understanding the situation?
> and is this normal behaviour or do we need to wait a longer period to update?

It depends on the view. yum's default behaviour is to become upset
about any issues it may find, even ones that are not directly related
to the update operation it performs. I think there are plugins to make
yum not be that strict.

Personally I always felt like this overstrictness as more a hinderance
than a feature. The positive part of yum breaking down on any small
depednency error is that it obvioulsy gets noted at once and is
reported to the repos, so the appropriate measures are taken (like me
removing the kmdls for old kernels).

But it still is a bad choice, as many people want ATrpms to support
kernels to thier last breath - if I want to avoid such yum hickups i
would have to remove the kmdls before the kernel is
removed. E.g. estimate some ETa for some old kernels and drop support
before Red Hat does.

But there are always alternatives to yum like smart and apt, or some
yum plugins.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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