[ATrpms-users] problem with nvidia kmdl packages vs kernel upgrades

[Marcel Janssen]

Hi,

I'm having an issue upgrading my systems and found the following related to 
upgrading the kernel.

Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 is needed by package 
nvidia-graphics100.14.09-kmdl-2.6.22.1-41.fc7
Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 is needed by package 
nvidia-graphics100.14.11-kmdl-2.6.22.1-41.fc7
Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 is needed by package 
gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.22.1-41.fc7

The above concerns packages already installed on my system, so the error is 
quite confusing. It made me believe Yum was trying to remove my running 
kernel.

I wondered why yum would have these missing dependencies when upgrading to the 
latest kernel and found that it could be solved by installing the nvidia kmdl 
package for the latest kernel without even installing that kernel (seems the 
nvidia kmdl package doesn't require the kernel to be installed somehow).

After installing the nvidia kmdl package, upgrading of the kernel went fine.

Is there a problem with the nvidia kmdl package or do I need something else to 
pull in this package automatically when a kernel upgrade is available ?

regards,
Marcel