On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 09:59 -0500, Bowie Bailey wrote: > 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. > If it were an upgrade/update and not an install ... that might work. But since nothing is trying to remove the old kernel (just install a new one too), the install requirements remain meet. IF then booting the new kernel, all hell breaks loose :) IF booting the old kernel ... still good to go. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060119/38e24452/attachment-0005.sig>