[Yum] How to Change yum's Idea of the Kernel Version

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 09:26:32AM -0400, Jake Colman wrote:
> version.  It is getting hung up on upgrading iptables since it thinks it
> needs a new kernel >= 2.4.20. My problem is that I build a custom kernel
> and do not use RPMs for kernel updates. I am currently at 2.4.30 but
> iptables won't update.

The "best practices" thing to do here is to actually build RPMs from your
updated kernel. (Which, if you know how to build a kernel, shouldn't
actually be very difficult to learn.) In addition to allowing yum to work
correctly, you also get the advantage of having a packaged-up version of
what you did, for use on other systems or for when you do the next update.

Failing that, you could just install but not use the required kernel
package.

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