[ATrpms-users] FC5 to FC8 upgrade attempt

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 02:11:47PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> > I would remove all kmdls and kmods and install then later, after a
> > successful upgrade.
> 
> That did it!  removing ivtv-kmdl, lirc-kmdl, video4linux-kmdl, and
> kmod-nvidia (with --nodeps) has pulled th plug on yum.  It is
> downloading 762 packages as we speak.

But the bug was not in these packages, but in yum's I-ignore-old-kernels-
if-my-installonly-"feature"-is-turned-on. Removing these packages
helped yum to overcome itself. apt and smart would not have this
problem for example.

It is better to use yum-kmdl-plugin and turn off installonly:
--- /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew        2007-10-12 23:21:10.000000000 +0300
+++ /etc/yum.conf       2007-11-03 00:12:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 gpgcheck=1
 plugins=1
 metadata_expire=1800
-installonly_limit=2
+
+installonly_limit=0
 
 # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
 # in /etc/yum.repos.d

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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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