On Saturday 01 September 2007, Marcel Janssen wrote: > On Saturday 01 September 2007, Vivek J. Patankar wrote: > > Marcel Janssen wrote: > > > When updating my system, yum wants to remove my working kernel. > > > How can I make sure yum doesn't touch any kernel ever in an upgrade > > > process unless I want it ? > > > > If the version of yum installed on your system is 3.2.2, add the > > following line to /etc/yum.conf > > installonly_limit = 0 > > This will disable removal of older versions. To retain a specific number > > of older packages, change 0 to the appropriate value. > > This seems to have done something but I still get a problem updating : > > Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 is needed by package > alsa-kmdl-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 > Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 is needed by package > ivtv-kmdl-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 > Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 is needed by package > nvidia-graphics100.14.11-kmdl-2.6.22.1-33.fc7 > > $ uname -r > 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 > I manually installed the new kernel, than upgraded the other packages using yum again. At least it works, but I believe yum is broken. regards, Marcel
