Alan,

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Connie Sieh wrote:
>
> > > First we misguidedly tried "yum install openafs"
> > >
> > > Then we found we couldn't remove it:
> > >
> > > rpm -e openafs
> > >   error: %preun(openafs- ...  ) scriptlet failed, exit
> > >
> > > Then we remembered that, to do what we wanted, we *should* be using
> > >
> > > yum groupinstall "OpenAFS Client"
> > >
> > > But that failed:
> > >
> > >  ....Unable to satisfy dependencies
> > >  Package kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-20.EL needs
> > >  /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-20.EL, this is not available.
> >
> > What version of the kernel are you running?
>
> Yesterday it was kernel-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
> Today it's kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
>
> But the point seems to be that for the /initial/ install of openafs
> client, it's looking for the SL303 /original/ kernel, not for the
> current one.
>
> > What version of yum are you using?
>
> yum-conf-303-2.SL
> yum-2.0.7-7.SL
>
> >     The version of yum that came with 302 did not understand the new
> >     kernel-module naming convention.  You need to get the yum that is in
> >     303.
>
> This was a fresh 303 installation, not an upgrade from 302.

It seems that the yum patch did not take this case into account. We are
working on a patch now.  Temporary answer is to install the
kernel-module-openafs-...  that is needed manually.

-Connie Sieh
 >
> Just in case this isn't clear: this SL3.03 was originally installed
> without openafs; then the kernel updates were applied and the old
> kernels deleted; then, a user requested installation of the openafs
> client, and that's when we - as I say - rediscovered the problems that
> had already been discussed on this list for 302 last autumn^W Fall.
>
> I'll reply to Troy in a moment.
>
> Thanks!
>