[3461] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: outstanding bugs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Apr 14 11:39:21 2001
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 14 Apr 2001 11:39:03 -0400
In-Reply-To: Greg Hudson's message of "Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:21:19 -0400"
Message-ID: <sjmbspzjxt4.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Ok, then we can probably generate a package list via 'rpm -qa ... |
grep -v ^kernel-smp'
-derek
Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > I'm worried about the case where packagelist says nothing, and
> > kernel-smp is installed. When rpmupdate runs, it should see
> > 'kernel' in the new package-list, and notice that it isn't in the
> > installed package-list. So, wouldn't rpmupdate try to install the
> > "new" kernel package (even if it does nothing with the kernel-smp
> > package)?
>
> Ah. I have been advised in the past that most SMP machines have both
> kernel and kernel-smp installed, and that this is not harmful
> (although rpmupdate tends to break your lilo.conf when it upgrades the
> kernel package--a known bug).
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