Re: jumpstarting yum on 7.2

[Rick Johnson <rjohnson medata com>]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2004 15:12, g wrote:
>
> > it does appear that the provided yum configuration, and the docs,
> > presume we don't want to update the kernel.  i realize this is also
> > what the default up2date configuration was.  even so, this is strange
> > thinking.  the updated kernel is essential if we're talking about
> > security.
>
>
> Nobody is saying that you don't want to upgrade the kernel, however many 
> people (like me) don't want our automatic update systems grabbing a new 
> kernel w/out me knowing about it.

IMHO, there's nothing wrong w/ grabbing the new one as long as it's not 
set as default. Is there a way to tell yum or rpm to install the kernel, 
but not set as default? It isn't the behavior of RPM, so I have a 
feeling yum is the culprit.

Personally, I let it grab and set as default since kernel's don't scare 
me as long as I have the old to fall back to :-) I just choose my reboot 
time carefully in case something does go wrong. That's why when we do it 
manually, we ivh, not Uvh :-)

Now in the case of lights out management setups or remote locations, 
setting as default Could Be Bad :-/

-Rick

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