[FLSA-2004:1804] Updated kernel resolves security vulnerabilities
Heikki Kortti
bingo at netplaza.fi
Sun Oct 24 10:43:24 UTC 2004
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many
> people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:
>
> yum update
Hasn't anyone noticed that this does not really work for kernel packages?
Yum 2.0.7-1 shows that the kernel update is available (with check-update),
but "yum update" results in yum pulling up a blank:
# yum --version
2.0.7
# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base
Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Name Arch Version Repo
------------------------------------------------------------------------
kernel i386 2.4.20-37.9.legacy updates
# yum update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base
Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Exiting on user command.
Same goes also with "yum update kernel". Yum config is pretty much normal
with only some additional mirrors set.
Of course "yum install kernel" works OK (and should be recommended
anyway), so it might be a good idea to advise users to do that instead.
Although this does not solve that fact that the yum behaviour in the above
case is downright counterintuitive...
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Heikki Kortti
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