Re: [FC4] old kernel cannot be removed (dependency failure)

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On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:18:16AM +0000, Andreas M. Kirchwitz wrote:
 > Oops, that was too early ...
 > 
 >  > I couple of minutes after I sent my mail I realized that I didn't try
 >  > yet to remove the old versions of cman-kernel, dlm-kernel, GFS-kernel
 >  > and gnbd-kernel. Okay, give it a try, and say what? *Now* the old
 >  > kernel 2.6.11 could be removed without dependency issues. Great!
 > 
 > Problem not solved. Now it looks like the cman/dlm/GFS/gnbd stuff
 > requires the previous kernel 2.6.12-1.1398 to be installed. *sigh*
 > 
 > 
 > # rpm -qa | egrep kernel | sort
 > cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.9
 > dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.10
 > GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.9
 > gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.43
 > 
 > # rpm -e kernel-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4
 > error: Failed dependencies:
 > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 is needed by (installed) cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.9.i686
 > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 is needed by (installed) dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.10.i686
 > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 is needed by (installed) gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.43.i686
 > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 is needed by (installed) GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.9.i686

The updates for those modules usually lag the kernel release
(just like any other out-of-tree module) a little.

If you aren't using them, you can just remove them with no
adverse effects. (And if you don't know if you are using them -- you aren't).

		Dave


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