weird kernel update?

Jack Tanner ihok at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 12 23:29:32 UTC 2007


seth vidal <skvidal <at> fedoraproject.org> writes:
> 
> Pretty sure it is just download size (ie: size of pkg) and installed
> size differences

So the sizes below aren't directly comparable? If that's true, it's confusing to
display them that way.

$ yum info kernel
Installed Packages
Name   : kernel
Arch   : x86_64
Version: 2.6.22.1
Release: 41.fc7
Size   : 63 M
Repo   : installed
Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

Description:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.


Name   : kernel
Arch   : x86_64
Version: 2.6.22.4
Release: 65.fc7
Size   : 63 M
Repo   : installed
Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

Description:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.


Available Packages
Name   : kernel
Arch   : x86_64
Version: 2.6.22.5
Release: 76.fc7
Size   : 17 M
Repo   : updates
Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.





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