kernel RPMs dependency on removing prior kernel?

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 15.11.2007 18:14, Richi Plana wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 10:00 +0100, Stefan Grosse wrote:
>> -------- Original Message  --------
>> Subject: kernel RPMs dependency on removing prior kernel?
>> From: Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com>
>> To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
>> Date: 15.11.2007 08:53
>>>  ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23-6.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-8.lvn8 set to be erased
>>>  --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package:
>>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
>>>  ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-37.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-14.lvn8 set to be erased
>>>  ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-41.fc8.i686 0:100.14.19-15.lvn8 set to be erased
>>>  --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>  Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package
>>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
>>>
>>>   
>> This seems to be an already reported bug related to kmods. You find a
>> workaround here:
>> http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/11/problems-updating-kernels-and-kmods.html
> 
> The workaround I tend to use is:
> 
> # yumdownloader kernel kernel-devel # only do kernel-devel if it's
> actually installed
> # rpm -ivh kernel-<newversion> kernel-devel-<newversion>
> # yum update
> # yum remove kernel-<oldestversion> # optional
> 
> This seems to pull in the updated kmods assuming the updated kmods are
> being pulled in by a "suite" package that is also updated. It also keeps
> the old kmods in case I want to fall back to an older kernel.

There is even a easier workaround mentioned in
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374711#c1
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To escape this problem:
# yum install kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8
# yum update
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But I didn't try yet it it really works.

CU
knurd