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

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 12:01:24PM -0400, Jake Colman wrote:
> 1) If I install a kernel package does it not automatically make it bootable?
>    Obviously, that would screw me over.

On FC3, look at /etc/sysconfig/kernel. Before that (which I assume you are,
given the kernel version you're using), I don't think it gets set to default
automatically.

> 2) I like the idea of creating/installing my own 2.4.30 RPM.  Can you give
>    me a pointer to information on this? I can build my own kernel, and
>    have done so for years, so I imagine I can handle the RPM part too.


Some more detail is probably necessary than is on-topic for this list. Start
by familiarizing yourself with the basics of building RPMs in general --
<http://www.rpm.org/> has some good basic information. Then, simply make a
kernel.spec file modified to add the patches and different .config files you
want, and rebuild.


> 3) How do I tell yum that I want to move from RH 7.2 to RH 7.3 (or something
>    else)?  A 'yum update' will update all packages for this version, right?
>    How does a 'yum upgrade' know to move to a new version?

It's simply based on what repository you're pointing at. If you point yum at
a 7.3 repository, it'll try to upgrade to that. But I'm not sure I'd bother
to upgrade to 7.3 at this point, since it's _also_ obsolete....

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