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John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]>
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John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:26:56 +0100
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On 26/07/18 23:46, Dirk Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry, if this is a stupid question, but I am puzzled.
> 
> I see
>   https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ftp.scientificlinux.org_linux_scientific_7.1_x86-5F64_updates_security_kernel-2Ddevel-2D3.10.0-2D693.17.1.el7.x86-5F64.rpm&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=YVRgHcZv-5snhDPkJBSw6NJrLCmDhjPnY2_MQx5yLKA&s=5LUqeUfJmxs4Wf8PnrkO7Z5ZGm73U_j_dVwlKPgHcGM&e=
> and can download it (even install it with "yum install ...").
> 
> But it seems that "yum" by itself is blind on this eye:
> 
> $ yum list available --showduplicates kernel-dev* --enablerepo 
> sl-security Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, langpacks, 
> product-id, subscription-manager
> Available Packages
> kernel-devel.x86_64          3.10.0-862.el7                   sl 
> kernel-devel.x86_64          3.10.0-862.2.3.el7               sl-security
> kernel-devel.x86_64          3.10.0-862.3.2.el7               sl-security
> kernel-devel.x86_64          3.10.0-862.3.3.el7               sl-security
> kernel-devel.x86_64          3.10.0-862.6.3.el7               sl-security
> 
> Where are the packages of the rel 693 series (and all the others, which 
> are seen in the repository)?
> 
> Is it because they are silently excluded from the repodata? Or is there 
> a maximum number of duplicates shown by yum?
> 
> Cheers
>                                      Dirk
> 
man yum,conf has a long list of options.

I have 'installonly_limit=3' which might be doing this.

John P

and if you *really* want -693 series, try a search engine, which may 
have a less demanding syntax:   'kernel scientific *-693* rpm' offers 
mesome - from 2017;  before, IIRC, some big security scares.

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