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installing kernel packages with rpm

installing kernel packages with rpm

2005-04-24       - By Blackburn, Marvin

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Michael,
Many thanks for the answer.

> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: redhat-list-bounces@(protected)
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@(protected)] On Behalf Of Michael Kearey
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:02 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: installing kernel packages with rpm
>
> On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 15:08 -0400, Blackburn, Marvin wrote:
> > According to most documentation, kernel packages should be installed
> > using -rpm -ivh;
> > however, there are multiple packages starting with kernel
> that up2date
> > obviously uses the rpm -Uhv.
> >
> > How do I know which packages should use -i and which should use -U
> >
> > for example
> > kernel-2.4.....
> > kernel-smp.....
> > have multiple versions installed whereas
> > kernel-source....
> > kernel-doc.....
> > kernel-utils....
> > have only one version.
> >
> > How does up2date determine when to use update as opposed to install?
>
> Hi there,
>
>
> - The kernel packages does contain a kernel.
> - The kernel-smp packages does contain a kernel.
> - The kernel-source does not contain a kernel, just the
> source to build
> it.
> - kernel-doc does not contain a kernel, just the documentation for it.
> - kernel-utils does not contain a kernel, just some general utilities
> required to work with one.
>
> Therefore for up2date, if the package contains a kernel it's
> *installed*. The reason this is done is to ensure that a fall-back or
> back up kernel is available in case the new one is not suitable.
>
> The exact mechanism used by up2date to check the package to see if it
> contains a kernel, I don't know - possibly an rpm TAG.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
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