On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Troy Dawson wrote: > Hello, > I have been wanting to update the kernel-module plugin for yum on SL5. I have > it all ready in the testing area, and it does work so much better than the > previous kernel module plugin. > The problem is that it does not backport very well to yum 3.0 which is on SL > 5.0 and 5.1. To keep things short there is a bug in yum 3.0 (and 2.4) that > prevents the plugin's from fixing up dependancies when yum gets them wrong. > This bug is fixed in yum 3.2 (which is what is in SL 5.2 and 5.3) > So why would I worry about upgrading the old yum? > Because along with bug fixes, there is a couple of feature changes. The > biggest change is that yum 3.2 automatically has the installonlyn feature. > This only keeps 'n' kernels on your machine. > This works pretty good and I think many people will think it's great. But I > don't know if everyone is going to like it, and they might be surprised by > it. > Anyway, I need opinions. Should I push the newer yum out to all of SL5? > Or should I just push it out to SL 5.2 and 5.3? And live with the bugs for 5.0 and 5.1 . Can you give more detail about these bugs. -connie sieh > > Troy > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI LMSS Group > __________________________________________________ >