[CentOS] Yum not updating kernel

[Ed Donahue]

output

[root at centos ~]# yum -d5 update kernel
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "kmod" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Running "config" handler for "skip-broken" plugin
Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin
Running "config" handler for "priorities" plugin
Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Running "init" handler for "kmod" plugin
Loading Fedora Extras kernel module support.
Yum Version: 3.0.5
COMMAND: yum -d5
Installroot: /
Ext Commands:

   kernel
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Setting up Package Sacks
Running "exclude" handler for "priorities" plugin

<--list of packages-->

588 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Reading Local RPMDB
Building updates object
Could not find update match for kernel
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

I think this started after I did an upgrade from 5 to 5.1 via dvd install.

On Feb 18, 2008 7:31 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:


> First make sure you do not have any line like:
>
> exclude=kernel      -OR-
> exclude=kernel*
>
> in /etc/yum.conf or /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
>
> Then try updating the kernel by:
>
> yum -d5 update kernel
>
> Does the output show any hint?
>
> Akemi
>
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