Yum update on FC5 install new kernel but don't update grub.conf

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Tue May 9 12:50:37 UTC 2006


Ambrogio wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> yesterday I was able to update my Fedora Core 5.
>
> For first I updated yum
> May 08 12:28:41 Updated: yum.noarch 2.6.1-0.fc5
>
> After that I run the yum update --exclude=openoff* and in the log I
> found:
>
> May 08 13:44:00 Installed: kernel-devel.x86_64 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5
> May 08 13:45:04 Installed: kernel.x86_64 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5
>
> In the same time yum removed the older kernel.
> The query in the rpm database first of update was
>
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5.x86_64.rpm
>
> and after the update is
>
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5
>
> The problem is that grub.conf is unchanged, and in the /boot directory I
> don't find nothing about the 2111 kernel, but I find all about the 2080
> that I think are to be removed.
>
> Someone is in the same situation?
>
> The rpm -e of all about the 2111 and the rpm -I of the last kernel is a
> good solution?
>
> Tnx
>  Ambrogio
>
> P.S.
> Why yum is removing the older kernel?
>
>
>   
High jacking a thread here...  Thats one of the reasons I don't like yum 
putzing with my grub.conf.

At home, I've been building the latest Linus or Greg KH  kernels from 
scratch, and I've found that there does not seem to be a maximum number 
of entries in my grub.conf, so I only clean house when the /boot 
partition is pretty well filled up, meaning there are probably 20+ 
entries in my grub.conf at any one time.

To me, editing grub.conf is a no-brainer, and it stays a heck of a lot 
neater appearing than when yum does it.

So my question then is: Can yum be told to dl and install the new 
kernels but leave grub.conf alone, and not remove the older kernel?

-- 
Cheers, Gene





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