[CentOS] "yum update" did not update kernel on one box

Sat May 3 05:41:52 UTC 2008
Bob Taylor <bob8221 at gmail.com>

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 08:19 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Bob Taylor <bob8221 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 09:56 -0400, Erek Dyskant wrote:
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 08:39 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> >  > > This morning, I did "yum update" on my wife's box. It did not update the
> >  > > kernel. I ran the command again, and there is a response that no updates
> >  > > are available.
> >  >
> >  > Check /etc/yum.conf and see if there's an exclude=kernel line
> >
> >  Assuming a 32 bit CPU, I would also check /etc/rpm/platform. Something
> >  overwrote mine to i386.
> >
> >  --
> >  Bob Taylor
> 
> Hi uncle Bob,
> 
> Good to hear from you.  So this remains mystery?  You never figured
> out who / what did it?
> 
> Akemi
> (sorry if this is an OT here)

Hi niece Akemi.
No. I haven't even tried. If there is interest and I have the time....

Bob
-- 
Bob Taylor