dependency hell, version 2,197,386.1

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 15:56 +1000, Stuart Low wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > How can I go about convincing yum to update the iptables install on my
> > old firewall box when it reports this:
> > [root at gene etc]# yum update iptables
> > package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded
> > package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded
> > The kernel is in fact a 2.4.29, obviously new enough but locally built.
> > Is this a case where the --nodeps --force options to rpm can be used?
> 
> Probably not the smartest move. Be best to manually download the latest
> kernel rpm and rpm -ivh it. Then modify your lilo/grub config back to
> booting your custom kernel by default.
> 
> That way you've avoided the dep issue but haven't lost your custom
> kernel.
> 

when yum updates kernels it does not remove the older kernels. So
there's no danger in yum installing the kernel for you.

-sv