yum update
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 2 20:31:04 UTC 2007
On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 21:00 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:49 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
> >> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>> The yum update is a problem now. I let it go to the point where it
> >>> does what it says it will and I said no! Most of what it wants to do is
> >>> fine. But it wants to erase my current kernel and install 41 again. I
> >>> have been through this already today!
> >> AFAIK yum will *never* remove the kernel you are currently running. So
> >> if by your "current kernel" you mean the one you are using, you are safe
> >> from that being removed.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> > That is hardly likely to be true. What you install is a disk file, what
> > you are running is in memory. Although, that could be a rule that is
> > implemented. I just don't know. Does anyone know?
>
> It is true. That's the way yum plugin works. It checks and does not
> remove the running kernel.
>
> Rahul
>
That is good to know. Someone out there was thinking
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