From: centos-bounces at centos.org On Behalf Of Rodrigo Barbosa > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 01:26:41PM -0500, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > It is stock except for the csgfs packages from the CentOS-csgfs > > repository and one or two other rpm packages. > > "It is stock except" = "not stock". Several packages interact with > each other, including the kernel. > > > I want to keep the machine up to date, but I guess I'll have to be > > careful with the kernel updates. Any others that could cause > > problems? > > Pretty much any package has dependencies and/or provides something > used by others. You will have to do a complete dependency tracking to > make certain what your non-stock packages can interact with, which is > a very daunting task. Checking provides and requires on the rpmdb is > just the first step, and things can get really ugly when the > interaction is done using unix sockets or, god forbit, dbus. I though dependency tracking was what yum and rpms were for? If I installed the cman-kernel package via yum, shouldn't I get a dependency warning if I try to install the new kernel? I know I would get one if I tried to install the current cman-kernel package on top of the new kernel. -- Bowie