> if you still need to exclude > kernels in your yum.conf file, please do it like this instead: > > exclude=kernel kernel-devel kernel-doc kernel-smp* kernel-hugemem* > kernel-largesmp* Shouldn't "we" change accordingly /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date? Smth like: pkgSkipList=kernel; kernel-devel; kernel-doc; kernel-smp*; kernel-hugemem*; kernel-largesmp*; instead of the default: pkgSkipList=kernel*; OTOH, the newly provided up2date-4.4.69-25.centos4.7 made no change to my config files! (I diff'ed against a backup.) I don't get what sources were corrected and how?! And finally, should't the "refined kernel exclusions" be included in re-issued yum and up2date? Sorry for bothering you, as you do a great job and my upgrade 4.3->4.4 was almost painless, practically one of the painless I've ever had (the worst in my life being a SuSE 10.0 -> 10.1). (the said) Béranger __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com