up2date incorrectly says kernel is already updated

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Don wrote:

> I tried to get the new 2138 kernel this morning.... here's a transcript of
> the console using up2date -i ...
> It says the requested packages are already updated... but an rpm-q kernel
> says otherwise.
>
> Even though it says "the following... were skipped due to configuration,
> I've been able to get kernel updates this way when explicitly requested.
> That's how I got the first two updates after my initial clean install.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
> [root at rocky root]# up2date -i kernel kernel-doc kernel-source

Try "up2date -i --force kernel kernel-doc kernel-source".  Kernel packages
are marked to be skipped by default.  Since they are to be skipped, they
are, ipso facto, already up to date.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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