Re: dependency hell, version 2,197,386.1

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 01:56, Stuart Low wrote:
>Hey,
>
>> How can I go about convincing yum to update the iptables install on my
>> old firewall box when it reports this:
>> [root gene etc]# yum update iptables
>> package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded
>> package iptables needs kernel that has been excluded
>> The kernel is in fact a 2.4.29, obviously new enough but locally
>> built. Is this a case where the --nodeps --force options to rpm can be
>> used?
>
>Probably not the smartest move. Be best to manually download the latest
>kernel rpm and rpm -ivh it. Then modify your lilo/grub config back to
>booting your custom kernel by default.
>
>That way you've avoided the dep issue but haven't lost your custom
>kernel.

Humm, thats an AMD k6-III in that box, so I grabbed the 586 kernel, is
this correct?

>Stuart
>
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