Denice wrote:
> 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?
> 
> I like the installonlyn feature, provided that the default number of kernels
> is not too low.   I think 3 kernels, for example, is too low, but people
> will have different opinions.  If it could be installed with a good default
> so that people don't have to change their configuration then it would probably
> be welcomed.  Is this the one where you put an option like this in
> /etc/yum.conf?
>   # Default # of kernels to keep.
>   installonly_limit = 5
> 
> 
> cheers, etc.
>    Denice

Yes, that is the option.

Troy
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