On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > # urpmi kernel > Everything already installed > > Finally, I did the following: > > # urpmi kernel-2.6.3.19 > > > ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/ > 10.0/RPMS/./kernel-2.6.3.19mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm ... > > And now it's downloading the new kernel binary! What's up with that? > auto-select doesn't work with kernel binaries, but it does with kernel > source? Shouldn't the two always be kept in sync? And why doesn't "urpmi
most times, yes, one would want them in sync if your intent is to build modules for your binary kernel > kernel" find the latest version of the kernel? Why should I have to specify > which version I want? Very strange. > urpmi --fuzzy kernel will return a list, if "urpmi kernel" doesn't All binary kernel packages have unique names, so you can have more than one installed at a time. (Can be handy if your new kernel won't boot your system for some reason). -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
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