[CentOS] applying kernel patch

Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Thu Jun 18 21:48:26 UTC 2009


Carlos Santana wrote:
...
> However, the kernel is 2.6.18-92.el5. The mismatch in kernel and
> kernel-headers is confusing me. Any insights?

You are not the first to be confused by that - it is almost a FAQ on the 
forum; however it is the expected behavior - yum will install the latest 
version of a package available and kernel-headers does not depend on the 
kernel version.  You should be able to use "rpm -i --oldpackage ..." to 
install the version matching your kernel.

Phil



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