[CentOS-devel] kernel-*-devel and yum updates for CentOS-4.x

[Christoph Maser]

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I vote for the version wich is closest to what the upstream vendor does,
i guess that would be number 3.

Chris
Johnny Hughes schrieb:
> Yum does not install kernel-smp-devel (or kernel-hugemem-devel, kernel-
> largesmp-devel), but it upgrades them.
> 
> Yum does install kernel-devel, and it does not upgrade it.
> 
> Yum should be consistent in how kernel-devel files are handled.
> 
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> 
> This issue is addressed in this CentOS bug:
> 
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1549
> 
> and in this upstream bug:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155988
> 
> The upstream fix is rolled into FC >= 4 and RHEL >= 5 ... but it is not
> rolled into RHEL <= 4.
> 
> That leaves CentOS-4 with this bug.
> 
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> There are 3 options here:
> 
> 1. Patch CentOS-4 yum to make yum install all kernel-*-devel files like
> it does for kernel-devel (or the reverse ... make kernel-devel and
> upgrade like the other files).
> 
> 2. Modify the kernel-2.6.spec to do what FC >= 4 does.
> 
> 3. Do nothing and tell people to choose what they want by updating this
> variable in /etc/yum.conf
> 
> installonlyn=
> 
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> 
> I think that 2 is a bad choice as it makes the CentOS kernel deviate
> from the upstream kernel.
> 
> I think that 3 is a better choice than 2 ... but I think 1 is the
> optimal choice.  That yum needs to be updated to treat kernel-*-devel
> files like it treats kernel-devel.
> 
> What does everyone else think?
> 
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> Note: This is my attempt to solicit input for package changes from the
> public and not make unilateral decisions and push them with only the
> developers present.
> 
> If there is no discussion of this item on this list by non-centos
> developers, then I will revert back to making bug changes based on only
> what the developers think :P
> 
> Therefore, the people who want input into how packages are updated need
> to speak up.
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> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes 
> 
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