[ATrpms-users] to me, strange dependencies for kernel

[Brian Millett]

Axel Thimm escribío:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 04:33:08PM -0500, Brian Millett wrote:
>> Error: Unresolvable requirement /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 for
>> fuse-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
>> Error: Unresolvable requirement /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 for
>> nvidia-graphics100.14.09-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
>> Error: Unresolvable requirement /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 for
>> nvidia-graphics100.14.11-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
>> Error: Unresolvable requirement /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 for
>> ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
>> Error: Unresolvable requirement /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 for
>> ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
>> Error: Missing Dependency: ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 >= 1.1.11 is needed by
>> package ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.22.1-27.fc7
>>
>> So, does all this just mean that the updates are not available?
>> because I'm not removing any kernel and the files are there to resolve the
>> requirement.
> 
> No, it's yum bug: The kernel was removed in Fedora's repo and now yum
> is upset to find kmdls for that kernel. There is a plugin that fixes
> this behaviour.
> 
> Currently Fedora withdraws kernels too fast, e.g. updates only
> contains one kernel. So the moment a new kernel gets into the repo you
> get the old obsolted and yum is confused. It would be nice if Fedora
> would keep at least two kernels (the latest may have some regression
> after all) and also fix yum.

Thanks.

I have installed the following:

[bpm]$ rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-allowdowngrade-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-skip-broken-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.fc7
yum-plugin-kmdl-0.7-9.fc7
yum-utils-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-downloadonly-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-3.2.1-1.fc7
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-kernel-module-1.1.5-1.fc7

And have these available:

Available Packages
yum-arch.noarch                          2.2.2-2.fc7            fedora
yum-changelog.noarch                     1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-fedorakmod.noarch                    1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-merge-conf.noarch                    1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-presto.noarch                        0.3.10-1.fc7           updates
yum-priorities.noarch                    1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-protectbase.noarch                   1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-refresh-updatesd.noarch              1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-security.noarch                      1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-tsflags.noarch                       1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-updateonboot.noarch                  1.1.5-1.fc7            updates
yum-updatesd.noarch                      3.2.1-1.fc7            updates
yum-versionlock.noarch                   1.1.5-1.fc7            updates

Which plugin will fix that behavior?

Thanks.
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