[Yum] Yum 3.4.3 and SLES11 SP1

Nicole Hähnel ml at nicole-haehnel.de
Tue Feb 14 08:46:52 UTC 2012


Hi,

it's working with this option in yum.conf, but then I have no kernel to 
fall back if something goes wrong.
Extremly rarely, but things happen.

Thanks!
Nicole


Am 13.02.2012 18:00, schrieb Joshua Bahnsen:
> Add kernel-default-base to your installonlypkgs config item in 
> yum.conf. I have a rather extensive list of kernel rpms used on 
> various distros in mine.
>
> installonlypkgs=kernel, kernel-smp, kernel-bigmem, kernel-enterprise, 
> kernel-debug, kernel-unsupported, kernel-hugemem, kernel-default, 
> kernel-largesmp, kernel-pae, kernel-xen, kernel-xenpae, kernel-xenU, 
> kernel-vmi, kernel-vmipae, kernel-vmibase, kernel-xen-base, 
> kernel-smp-unsupported, kernel-pae-base, kernel-PAE, kernel-default-base
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Nicole Hähnel <ml at nicole-haehnel.de 
> <mailto:ml at nicole-haehnel.de>> wrote:
>
>     Am 09.02.2012 17:15, schrieb James Antill:
>>     Nicole Hähnel<ml at nicole-haehnel.de>  <mailto:ml at nicole-haehnel.de>  writes:
>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>>     I am using yum 3.4.3 on our sles11 sp1 servers for updates.
>>>     Every time I have to install a new kernel, I get this error:
>>>
>>>     ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:
>>>     kernel-default-base_x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>>>     kernel-default-2.6.32.49-0.3.1.x86_64
>>>
>>>     Is this a yum problem? Or can I solve this?
>>     [...]
>>>     Running Transaction Check
>>>     ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:
>>>     kernel-default-base_x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>>>     kernel-default-2.6.32.49-0.3.1.x86_64
>>>     Please report this error inhttp://yum.baseurl.org/report
>>>     ** Found 281 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
>>>     ConsoleKit-0.2.10-64.65.1.x86_64 is a duplicate with
>>>     ConsoleKit-0.2.10-64.13.6.x86_64
>>       This very likely means that something "very bad" happened, likely a
>>     large transaction aborted ... you can try using "yum history redo" or
>>     yum-complete-transaction to see if you can fix the problem. Otherwise
>>     you'll have to do it by hand, by running "yum check" and then
>>     removing/install things.
>>       When you have no pre-existing problems, yum should work fine
>>     (although I will note that I'd generally not recommend using a
>>     non-system package manager, without a good reason).
>>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     another SLES11 SP1 server where I can not install any kernel
>     updates with yum:
>
>     Test:/ # yum-complete-transaction
>     Loaded plugins: dellsysid
>     No unfinished transactions left.
>
>     Test:/ # yum check
>     Loaded plugins: dellsysid, downloadonly, security
>     check all
>
>     Test:/ # yum update
>     Loaded plugins: dellsysid, downloadonly, security
>
>     Setting up Update Process
>     Resolving Dependencies
>     --> Running transaction check
>     ---> Package kernel-default.x86_64 0:2.6.32.54-0.3.1 will be installed
>     ---> Package kernel-default-base.x86_64 0:2.6.32.49-0.3.1 will be
>     updated
>     --> Processing Dependency: kernel-default-base_x86_64 =
>     2.6.32.49-0.3.1 for package: kernel-default-2.6.32.49-0.3.1.x86_64
>     ---> Package kernel-default-base.x86_64 0:2.6.32.54-0.3.1 will be
>     an update
>     ---> Package kernel-default-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.32.49-0.3.1 will be
>     updated
>     ---> Package kernel-default-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.32.54-0.3.1 will be
>     an update
>     ---> Package kernel-source.x86_64 0:2.6.32.54-0.3.1 will be installed
>     ---> Package libnet.x86_64 0:1.1.2.1-140.22 will be updated
>     ---> Package libnet.x86_64 0:1.1.2.1-140.24.1 will be an update
>
>     --> Running transaction check
>     --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
>     Dependencies Resolved
>
>     ============================================================================================================================================
>      Package                               Arch                   
>     Version                            
>     Repository                          Size
>     ============================================================================================================================================
>     Installing:
>      kernel-default                        x86_64                 
>     2.6.32.54-0.3.1                    
>     sles11sp1-updates                   16 M
>      kernel-source                         x86_64                 
>     2.6.32.54-0.3.1                    
>     sles11sp1-updates                   69 M
>     Updating:
>      kernel-default-base                   x86_64                 
>     2.6.32.54-0.3.1                    
>     sles11sp1-updates                  9.7 M
>      kernel-default-devel                  x86_64                 
>     2.6.32.54-0.3.1                    
>     sles11sp1-updates                  2.5 M
>      libnet                                x86_64                 
>     1.1.2.1-140.24.1                   
>     sles11sp1-updates                  218 k
>
>     Transaction Summary
>
>     ============================================================================================================================================
>     Install       2 Packages
>     Upgrade       3 Packages
>
>     Total size: 98 M
>
>     Is this ok [y/N]: y
>     Downloading Packages:
>     Running Transaction Check
>     ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:
>     kernel-default-base_x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>     kernel-default-2.6.32.49-0.3.1.x86_64
>     Please report this error in http://yum.baseurl.org/report
>      You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>     Your transaction was saved, rerun it with: yum load-transaction
>     /tmp/yum_save_tx-2012-02-13-09-367QFp0i.yumtx
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Nicole
>
>
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