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

Tue May 6 17:46:38 UTC 2008
Bob Taylor <bob8221 at gmail.com>

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 09:25 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 16:11 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > Lanny Marcus wrote:
> > > If there is some place I can check in a yum database or RPM database on
> > > her box, to verify the kernel version that's really installed (probably
> > > the original one), please let me know where that is. Thanks much! Lanny
> > 
> > rpm -qa kernel*
> > 
> > And: pup is a frontend to yum is a frontend to rpm which holds the
> > package database.
> 
> Ralph: Thank you for the above! I need to leave now, but I will check
> that out, ASAP! Lanny

Have you looked at the file /etc/rpm/platform? If it has been changed
you will not get any kernel updates.
-- 
Bob Taylor