kernel module rpm naming convention

[Troy Dawson]

> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:17:04 -0500
> From: "Charles R. Anderson" <cra at WPI.EDU>
> Subject: Re: kernel module rpm naming convention
> To: fedora-extras-list at redhat.com
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> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:55:05AM -0600, Troy Dawson wrote:
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>>  http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackagingKernelModules
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>>We have even modified yum 2.0.x (currently 2.0.7) to work with this 
>>naming convention.
> 
> 
> Why did yum need to be modified?
> 

Yum would install the kernel-module-<name>-<kernel> rpm's just fine. 
The problem we wanted fixed was when you do a kernel update.  We wanted 
it to find all the kernel-module rpm's, that went with the new kernel.

Troy Dawson
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