RH7.3 & legacy question
James Wilkinson
james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Thu Feb 3 23:16:57 UTC 2005
Gene Heskett wrote:
> Which is what I'm doing, using yum to upgrade 5 or 6 packages at a
> time. One thing its refusing to do is to update iptables. This box
> has always had a custom kernel on it, currently running a pretty old
> 2.4.23 something or other with Con Kovolas 'ck6' patchset applied.
> I'm not alergic to building a newer kernel, but how do I go about
> telling yum that the kernel installed is compatible, or even better,
> than the one its looking for?
Two options:
* You turn the custom kernel into an RPM and install it that way. Then
the RPM database knows you've got a recent kernel.
* You let yum install the kernel it wants, but just don't use it.
Hope this helps,
James.
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