On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 02:11:47PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > I would remove all kmdls and kmods and install then later, after a > > successful upgrade. > > That did it! removing ivtv-kmdl, lirc-kmdl, video4linux-kmdl, and > kmod-nvidia (with --nodeps) has pulled th plug on yum. It is > downloading 762 packages as we speak.
But the bug was not in these packages, but in yum's I-ignore-old-kernels- if-my-installonly-"feature"-is-turned-on. Removing these packages helped yum to overcome itself. apt and smart would not have this problem for example. It is better to use yum-kmdl-plugin and turn off installonly: --- /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew 2007-10-12 23:21:10.000000000 +0300 +++ /etc/yum.conf 2007-11-03 00:12:32.000000000 +0200 @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 metadata_expire=1800 -installonly_limit=2 + +installonly_limit=0 # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo # in /etc/yum.repos.d -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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