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Subject:
SL7rc2 grub2 setting wrong kernel version as default after a kernel update
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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Oct 2014 21:20:36 +1100
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After a yum update the latest kernel is set as the second entry rather than the first entry in the boot menu.
This seems to be because it sorts the kernel name using a simple alpha-numeric test rather than a more intelligent version number test

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Bill Maidment
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