On 5/6/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Martin Marques wrote: > I just finished upgrading the kernels in my FC6 with yum and I see this > at the end: > > Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 > Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 > > Now, why did it remove does kernel? Shouldn't it just install the new > ones and leave old ones there? > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc5/#id2942737 Rahul
I entered a RFE (request for enhancement) for the installonlyn plugin asking for the ability to shield/retain specific version of the kernel. I was shot down. Upon reflection I realized that yum updates worked fine before installonlyn was developed. In my case there is no need for it. If I find too many kernels are installed I just remove those I do not want. So follow the advice of the release notes : "A yum plugin written by Red Hat developers is provided by default within the yum package which only retains the latest two kernels in addition to the one being installed when you perform updates on your system. This feature can be fine tuned to retain more or less kernels or disabled entirely through the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf file." The phrase "in addition to" is incorrect. It should be "includes". You get a maximum of two kernels; that is, if you already have two kernels installed then an update will remove the oldest. Edit installonlyn.conf and either disable it or change the number of kernels to keep.
