On FLP's kernel updates for RH8

[Jeff Sheltren]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 10:53, Barbara Pennacchi wrote:
> On 13.04.04 18:58, Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> 
> > The 'linux.bak' tag in lilo.conf is put there by yum, not by the kernel
> 
> Nope, I haven't yet installed yum nor apt on the rh8 box. And I cannot nor  
> I would want to test yum/apt on a running website :D (and this answers a  
> previous email about those two programs). Until EOL of RH8 I used up2date  
> for kernel updates (it complained about the absence of grub too, but  
> installed everything anyway without removing old kernels). Hope this  
> clarifies everything because I'm not right away in the mood for re- 
> explaining from the start what was up2date's behaviour (which was what I  
> expected when I took the RPM from FLP's site...)
> 
> For what concerns yum/apt, again: sorry folks, but I'd rather wait for  
> yum/apt to get declared stable for RH8 before starting to use it  
> (whichever one wins... :)

OK, my bad.  My guess is that up2date was the thing updating lilo.conf
for you then...

I'm not sure why you don't think yum is stable on RH8 though?  Am I
missing something?

-Jeff