Re: Missing kernel-update

/ 2004-02-04 00:31:27 +0100
\ Kai Schaetzl:
> There's a new kernel for Suse 8.0 available for almost two months now, but 
> fou4s doesn't pick it up for some reason:
> 
> k_deflt-2.4.18-281.i386.rpm
> ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/8.0/kernel/
> 2.4.18-20030812/
> 
> I have k_deflt-2.4.18-279.i386.rpm on that machine.

there is no 
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/8.0/
 patches/kernel-* or similar, only 
 patches/kernel-source-*  (strange...)

so neither fou4s nor yast online update will pick up this kernel.
if there is no patch description, there is no update package...

well, you *could* use fou4s with rsync.
but I won't recommend this for kernel updates ;)

> I'm also wondering why, on other machines, all kernel updates (Suse 8.1) 
> show up like any other package now and there's no interactive mode for 
> them required anymore. I'd really prefer these having interactive mode, so 
> they don't get installed by accident.

If the patch description has no hint to have this interactive,
it won't be interactive.

btw, on _my_ 8.1, kernel updates require --interactive...

anyways, there is always the "remark only" setting in fou4s.


	Lars Ellenberg
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