2 yum problems

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 11:50, Neal D. Becker wrote:
> I encountered 2 problems with yum today:
> 
> 1) Installing kernel-source-2.6 removed kernel-source-2.4, but I still need to 
> keep kernel-source-2.4 around.
> 

that surprises me. did you modify the installonlypkgs option in [main]?


> 2) I couldn't find any way to convince yum to reinstall kernel-source-2.4:
> yum install kernel-source-2.4.22
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: arjanv
> Server: Red Hat Linux 1 (i386)
> Server: Fedora Linux / stable for Red Hat Linux 1 (i386)
> Server: Red Hat Linux 1 (i386) updates
> Server: Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
> Server: Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
> Server: Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
> Server: Macromedia Flash Player for Red Hat Linux 1
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Cannot find a package matching kernel-source-2.4.22

yah - this is a known issue - yum won't install older files than most
current.

-sv