future kernel module rpm situation (was: kernel-source vs. kernel-sourcecode (please revert))

[seth vidal]

> > > Now, with this out of the way, forgive me for digging a little deeper: the
> > > change is due to a limitation on rpm, right? Couldn't we just fix rpm?
> > 
> > yum/apt/up2date. All three of them.
> 
> Not apt, I have quite often switched arch with apt.

As have I - remember all the nptl problems people saw in rhl9-era? A
fair number of those were apt switching from glibc.i686 to glibc.i386
midstream.

iirc, panu included an option into apt to protect from that happening.

-sv