Re: kmod update with yum

On 19/05/09 21:50, Farkas Levente wrote:
> i now spend many hours to find the reason why yum always install kmod
> rpms on centos and never update. currently there is not any weak-updates
> kmod rpm in centos which has more version-release, but as you try to
> update any kmod the same problem will arise.
What is the package names and commands you tried, and their responses ?

> in case of fedora where
> kmod's are hardwired to a given kernel it's not a problem (but those are
> never weak-update kmods), but in case of centos where eg in 5.3 all
> kernel a kabi compatible then we can use none kernel version specific
> kmods. what's more in case of weak-updates kmod when the same package
> has more version installed cause many problems.
> suppose i've got a kmod installed eg:
> # rpm -q kmod-fuse
> kmod-fuse-2.7.4-20.el5
> now i build a new one
Is the new one's NVR > than the old one ? Does rpmdev-vercmp think so ?

> and try to update with yum update.
> it's always
? can't ?
> install it and i can't force yum to update it. anybody can tell me the
> reason?
If it is a local file, then are you doing localinstall /file/name.rpm ?
Please show the exact command, and the response.
You might find useful info by adding yum -d 15 to the command.

> imho it's the same reason as the recent dbrd kmod thread where wasn't
> any solution.
Please give the mailing list archive URL, no idea what you are talking 
about here ?

> anyway anybody know what is the yum-kmod and what is it good for? and
> try both with/without yum-kmod but the same happened:-(
A comparison of debug runs might lead to a better understanding.