Why does yum want to install kernel i586 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 fedora 15 M

[Antonio Olivares]

Dear all,

I know that is is one of FC6 common bugs which I got around using direct links which I will do the same again, but I thought this problem was taken care off already, I know that there might be nothing more to do. But here we go 

[olivares at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa kernel*
kernel-headers-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
kernel-devel-2.6.21-1.3226.fc7
kernel-devel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
kernel-2.6.21-1.3226.fc7
[olivares at localhost ~]$ uname -iprm
2.6.21-1.3226.fc7 i686 i686 i386
[olivares at localhost ~]$ 

I have been running kernel-2.6.21-1.3226 instead of 3228 because I had tried to install it directly using yum but something bad happened several times, one time the computer froze and did not download anything another time a call was coming in and took me out of the internet.  I will try this time to update again and this is what happens 

[olivares at localhost ~]$ su -
Password: 
[root at localhost ~]# yum install kernel kernel-devel kernel-headers
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
fedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00     
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 3.8 MB    13:09     
updates                   100% |=========================| 1.9 kB    00:00     
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 1.0 MB    03:51     
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
filelists.sqlite.bz2      100% |=========================| 2.5 MB    09:03     
---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.22.1-27.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.22.1-27.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.22.1-27.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package kernel-devel.i586 0:2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: mkinitrd >= 6.0.9-7.1 for package: kernel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mkinitrd.i386 0:6.0.9-7.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: nash = 6.0.9-7.1 for package: mkinitrd
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nash.i386 0:6.0.9-7.1 set to be updated

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 kernel                  i686       2.6.22.1-27.fc7  updates            16 M
 kernel                  i586       2.6.21-1.3194.fc7  fedora             15 M
 kernel-devel            i686       2.6.22.1-27.fc7  updates           4.7 M
 kernel-devel            i586       2.6.21-1.3194.fc7  fedora            4.6 M
Updating:
 kernel-headers          i386       2.6.22.1-27.fc7  updates           651 k
Updating for dependencies:
 mkinitrd                i386       6.0.9-7.1        updates            91 k
 nash                    i386       6.0.9-7.1        updates           158 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      4 Package(s)         
Update       3 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 42 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Exiting on user Command
Complete!


Now why do I need that kernel 2.6.21-1.3194 i586, if I have the other one already?

I know this is a bug but I do not know which BZ# it is.  I get around this problems by using direct names, as I will do this again, I have to using dialup.

This is the command yum will give me the correct kernel, kernel-devel and kernel-headers package 

[root at localhost ~]# yum install kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 kernel-devel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 kernel-headers-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 -y


Thanks,

Antonio 

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