On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 01:59:40PM -0400, William L. Maltby enlightened us: > > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 10:25 -0700, Gerald wrote: > > > Great feedback. You are all dodging around the basic question though > > > and thats why doesn't centosplus show all it's kernels when i do the > > > yum list all kernel*? > > > > Maybe you don't have your config file adjusted to suit your needs? As > > delivered, the yum.conf has > > > > pkgpolicy=newest > > > > I don't find docs for this param in the normal man/info pages. > > Since curiosity often results in death to well-known felines, and I > don't want to become collarateral damage, I did a little googling for > you. Not helpful except to maybe discount any value at all for the > parameter I mention. From > > http://72.14.209.104/search? > q=cache:mMPirhs9kFAJ:www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_article/yum_article.pdf+pkgpolicy+yum+configure+OR+configuration+-newest&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5 > > we get this snippet > ----------------------------------------------- > pkgpolicy can be set to determine the order in which yum chooses to > decide > between two versions of the same package on different repositories it is > using > at the same time. > ------------------------------------------------- > > So, no gain, just pain I guess. I wish they'd doc this crap where it > belongs and save us all (?) some time. I bet Seth wouldn't complain if you sent him a patch ;-) -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263