Jaroslaw Polok wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> As we at CERN were not using yum extensively on SL
> until now the following escaped my attention:
> 
> With current SL 30X yum while trying to upgrade kernel
> and assorted modules this is what happens:
> 
> [...]
> I will do the following:
> [install: kernel-smp 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> [install: kernel-source 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> [install: kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> 
> (I've got previous kernel, kernel-smp, kernel-source
> AND matching kernel-module-openafs installed)
> 
> Apparently changing:
> 
> self.setPkgState(name,arch, '')
> 
> to:
> 
> self.setPkgState(name,arch, 'i')
> 
> in /usr/share/yum/nevral.py (line 336)
> 
> fixes the behaviour:
> 
> [...]
> I will do the following:
> [install: kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cernsmp 
> 1.2.11-15.12.SL.x86_64]
> [install: kernel-smp 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> [install: kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern 
> 1.2.11-15.12.SL.x86_64]
> [install: kernel-source 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> [install: kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cern.x86_64]
> 
> (yes, kernel-module-XXX packages are built to coexist)
> 
> I believe that this is the behaviour expected by users ?
> 
> It also seems to me that doing above change would permit
> to skip the code just below the mentioned line:
> 
> [...]
> for (name, arch) in self.NAkeys():
>             mo = re.match(km_re,name)
>             if mo:
>                 modname, kv = mo.group(1,2)
>                 if modname in mod_list and kv in 
> kernel_version_list.keys() and arch == kernel_version_list[kv]:
>                     if self.state(name,arch) != 'u':
>                         self.setPkgState(name,arch, 'u')
>                         log(4, "Upgrading " + name)
> [...]
> 
> - the standard upgrade ie:
> 
> from kernel-module-openafs-KVER-VER1-REL2 to
>      kernel-module-openafs-KVER-VER2-REL2
> 
> is handled by standard yum code.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Jarek
> 

Hi Jarek,
Many thanks for tracking this down.  I just want to double check, which 
version of yum are you working with.  Can you send

   rpm -q yum

Thanks
Troy

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