Daniel de Kok wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:56:09 +0200 > Daniel de Kok <daniel at centos.org> wrote: >> * CentOS 3: this is the first release of yum 2.4 for CentOS 3, and we >> plan to provide this as an optional upgrade through the CentOSPlus >> repository. We have added code to yum 2.4 for default kernel handling >> (as setting the default kernel after kernel updates was handled by yum >> 2.0). Additionally, the package also requires the yum C metadata >> parser. > > Any folks out there who have tested this on CentOS 3 yet? We'd really > like to get some feedback on how well this works, especially with the > new kernel update handling. I have tested this on two CentOS 3 servers so far. There was no issue with pyhton-optik here (as mentioned in this thread): ..Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [update: yum 2.4.3-4.el3.centos.noarch] I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies: [deps: python-optik 1.4.1-2.noarch] [deps: python-sqlite 1.1.7-1.2.1.i386] [deps: centos-yumconf 3-2.noarch] [deps: sqlite 3.3.6-2.i386] [deps: python-elementtree 1.2.6-5.el3.centos.i386] [deps: yum-metadata-parser 1.1.0-2.el3.centos.i386] [deps: python-urlgrabber 2.9.8-2.noarch] On one of the servers I use packages from rpmforge. I installed the priorities plugin, added some repository specific excludes etc. All works very well (and much faster now). I updated about 10 packages using the new yum and there were no issues. Concerning the kernel update handling: There hasn't been a kernel update for CentOS 3 in quite some time, so it's hard to test on a production server. I will see if I can find some time to test this here on a server at the office. What are you concerned about most? A system with more than one kernel flavor installed? Best Regards Michael Paesold