FC4 Update Blockage

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 15:55 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Jonathan Allen wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I seem to have an insurmountable FC4 up2date blockage.  This particular
> > machine is an out-of-the-box FC4 install from CD.  Nothing special about
> > the install, which was an 'everything' install.  When trying to use
> > up2date to pick up all the changes since CD-time, I get:

Try using yum and see if there is any difference.
> > 
> >   There was a package dependency problem. The message was:
> >   
> >   Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
> >   cman-kernel  2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
> >   dlm-kernel  2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4 requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
> >   gnbd-kernel  2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
> > 
> > Usually (in the past, FC2, FC3) when this has happened, it has cleared in
> > a few days and it was just a matter of waiting.  This has been a week now
> > and is still stuck.
> > 
> > How can I move forward ?
> 
> Updates for these kernel modules (built for the 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 
> kernel) have not yet been done for the latest kernel update 
> (2.6.12-1.1398_FC4).
> 
> Easiest thing to do if you're not using them is to delete them.
> 
> Cluster Manager Kernel Module:
> # rpm -e cman-kernel
> 
> Distributed Lock Manager Kernel Module:
> # rpm -e dlm-kernel
> 
> GFS's Network Block Device Kernel Module:
> # rpm -e gnbd-kernel
> 
> If you don't know what these are, you almost certainly aren't using them.
> 
> Once these are deleted, up2date should start working OK again.
> 
> Paul.
>