[ATrpms-users] Yum Update (again)

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:25:11PM -0600, Brian Millett wrote:
> Chris Schumann escribío:
> > I'm sorry to say I haven't kept up on what's going on with yum update, 
> > but I haven't. I have myth installed on F7 and yum update doesn't work, 
> > even with --skip-broken. I get this error:
> > 
> > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> > Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 is needed by 
> > package fuse-kmdl-2.6.22.9-91.fc7
> > 
> > I can include the entire huge output of "yum --skip-broken update" if 
> > you like, or you can kindly point me to a page that describes all the 
> > hubbub, and even why skip-broken is required. That would be great.
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Chris
> 
> I'm sorry that I did not cut, or record the last session with this,
> but I noticed that the problem seems to be with the yum plugin that wants to
> remove the kernels.  Look at the packages that are marked for removal.  You'll
> notice that it is "kernel -2.6.22.4-65.fc7" (or that oldest and slated for
> removal) and "kernel-devel -2.6.22.4-65.fc7" or something very close to that.
> Again, I didn't record the exact words.  So the process thinks that it is going
> to erase the "kernel" (because of the space in the name) which defaults to the
> latest one.  Bummer, and why the failed dependencies for /boot/vmlinuz-<rev of
> latest kernel>
> 
> You need to manually yum erase the kernel & *-kmdl-<rev to remove>.
> 
> Then do a "yum --skip-broken update" to get the latest kernel and the *kmdl*
> packages.


Or perhaps better (as it should require any further manual reinstall
on the next kernel): disable this mechanism in yum, or set the value
higher. Read the man page to yum.conf on the installonly_limit
variable.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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