[newbie] Kernel update source/binary mismatch

2004-10-25 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar 
I never got a sympa confirm request for this the first time, and it doesn't 
seem to have come through the list, so here it is again:

This past Friday (Oct. 22) I decided it was time to update my Mdk 10.0
 system, so I did the usual commands as root:

# urpmi.update -a
# urpmi --auto-select

I noticed that one of the updates selected was kernel-source-2.6.3-19mdk. But
there was no corresponding kernel-2.6.3.19mdk package.

I checked in /boot and the rpm database, in case I had gotten the binary
without the source in a previous update. But the latest kernel binary I have
installed is kernel-2.6.3.16mdk (and that was back on Aug. 13). This is the
kernel that I'm currently booting with:

# uname -r
2.6.3-16mdk

In case the kernel binary was a bit late arriving, I did the same urpmi
commands today, and I just get Everything already installed. In case
auto-select was somehow missing it, I also did this:

# 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
kernel find the latest version of the kernel? Why should I have to specify
which version I want? Very strange.

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Re: [newbie] Kernel update source/binary mismatch

2004-10-25 Thread Stew Benedict 

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).

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