F9beta update takes forever
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Wed Apr 30 02:30:59 UTC 2008
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>> John Summerfield wrote:
>>>> I had a kernel bug, and was anxious to test the latest. Yum, despite
>>>> my configuration, insisted on deleting the only working kernel.
>>>> Someone said that there was a yum bug and that a fix was
>>>> forthcoming, so I simply ran yumdownloader regularly and then rpm to
>>>> install the kernel.
>>>
>>> Do you have a reference to the yum bug you are mentioning? Was a bug
>>> report filed?
>>
>> I don't, and I have no idea. Since it was alleged to be under control,
>> I simply worked around it as outlined above.
>
> Well, I wouldn't count on random claims on issues under control unless I
> see a associated bug report. That's a good way to lose track of problems.
Maybe, but my concerns (getting to play with virtualisation) are
different from yours. For my needs, a "random claim" describing observed
behaviour is a sufficient justification for doing something different.
I'd had to resort to a recovery disk to get a working system, the
imperative was to avoid a recurrence of that condition.
--
Cheers
John
-- spambait
1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu
-- Advice
http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
You cannot reply off-list:-)
More information about the fedora-test-list
mailing list