Hi

> We have already updated this.
> ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/lts4rolling/testing/i386/RPMS/yum/yum-2.4.2-2.SL.noarch.rpm 
> 
> 
> This update allows you to install packages that require kernel-modules 
> (such as openafs) and it will get the correct kernel module.  So now to 
> install openafs you just have to do
> 
>   yum install openafs openafs-client
> 
> and openafs should be installed, including the kernel-module for the 
> kernel you are running.

That works for me.

> One thing that hasn't been tested yet, because I'm looking for a machine 
> with this configuration, is a machine that is currently on an older 
> kernel, but has the newer kernel installed.  And is then trying to 
> install openafs.  I know that's a bit specific, but that's what I'm 
> looking to test.

I've checked that: it is the same as not having the
newer kernel installed: above command line installs
module(s) for current running kernel only.

In addition the updated kernel-module plugin breaks things:

I cannot use this syntax anymore:

yum -d 10 install kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.cern
[...]
Running "exclude" handler for "kernel-module" plugin
Excluding unneeded kernel-modules
Excluding kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-11.EL.cern
Excluding kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.cern
[...]

Looking at the code of the plugin all kernel-module-XXX
packages for kernels diffrent than the currently running
one suddenly became uninstallable using yum ....

Cheers

Jarek
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