In article <CAG2kNCyjsQZ2qW_8BBLp8BH_20=JgxoEYpn9BSwZhXg7_rHBbg at mail.gmail.com>, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.co.uk> > wrote: > > > I am just applying the latest C6 updates to a couple of KVM Linodes. > > It appears that the latest update of util-linux-ng has added a new > > dependency on the kernel package. > > > > On these VMs, the kernel package is not normally installed, and the VM > > runs a host-supplied kernel. But now, a "yum update" wants to install for > > dependencies kernel, kernel-firmware and grubby, none of which should be > > necessary in this environment. > > > > I have allowed it on one Linode and rebooted it. All seems ok and it is > > still running the host-supplied kernel, but it still grates that an > > unused kernel should have been required to be installed. > > > > Is this an error in util-linux-ng, or a real new requirement? > > > > Cheers > > Tony > > > > If you have access to it see: > > Bug Fix Advisory - RHBA-2016:2748-1 > > Corresponding CentOS announcement here: > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-November/022148.html Ah, ok. Looks like it will have to be an annoyance then. > Verify that in your current kernel you don't incur in this bugzilla (I > think you are not using rlogin...): > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335670 Nope, only ever ssh! The linodes are currently running kernel 4.8.3 Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org