why do new kernels insist on uninstalling old?

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 22:47 -0500, sean wrote:
> Using yum I have kernels install only:
> 
> installonlypkgs=kernel
> 
> yet with the new 2.6.19 kernels, yum insist on uninstalling 
> the old kernels.
> 
> Removing:
>   kernel                  x86_64     2.6.19-1.2885.fc7 
> installed          60 M
> 
> Why?
> 
> Can I fix this?
> 
> I'd really like to keep my old kernels, until I'm satisfied 
> the new ones work.
> 

Do you see 'installonlyn' plugin loading when you start up yum?

That is the plugin which removes kernels of a certain age. You can
disable the plugin if you'd like. Take a look at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/

-sv