Re: Issue updating due to package conflicts

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 22:58 +0200, Marius Andreiana wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 13:04 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > Trey Sizemore (trey fastmail fm) said: 
> > > I'm running FC4-test and trying to update with 'yum update' fails due
> > > to package conflicts, namely:
> > > kudzu needs kernel <2.6.13
> > > initscripts needs kernel < 2.6.12
> > > 
> > > I'm running kernel 2.6.13-1.1629_FC5.  Is there a way to proceed
> > > without rolling the kernel back?
> > 
> > The printout from yum is backwards - they need newer kernels. Remove
> > some of your older ones.
> Is there any way of upgrading if I have only kernel 2.6.11 installed? (I
> cannot remove it as it's the only one)
> 

1. upgrade your kernel(yum update kernel)
2. reboot
3. remove your old kernel (yum erase kernel-2.6.11
4. update the rest of the stuff.

-sv