FC4 Update Blockage

[Paul Howarth]

Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I seem to have an insurmountable FC4 up2date blockage.  This particular
> machine is an out-of-the-box FC4 install from CD.  Nothing special about
> the install, which was an 'everything' install.  When trying to use
> up2date to pick up all the changes since CD-time, I get:
> 
>   There was a package dependency problem. The message was:
>   
>   Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
>   cman-kernel  2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
>   dlm-kernel  2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4 requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
>   gnbd-kernel  2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC requires /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
> 
> Usually (in the past, FC2, FC3) when this has happened, it has cleared in
> a few days and it was just a matter of waiting.  This has been a week now
> and is still stuck.
> 
> How can I move forward ?

Updates for these kernel modules (built for the 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 
kernel) have not yet been done for the latest kernel update 
(2.6.12-1.1398_FC4).

Easiest thing to do if you're not using them is to delete them.

Cluster Manager Kernel Module:
# rpm -e cman-kernel

Distributed Lock Manager Kernel Module:
# rpm -e dlm-kernel

GFS's Network Block Device Kernel Module:
# rpm -e gnbd-kernel

If you don't know what these are, you almost certainly aren't using them.

Once these are deleted, up2date should start working OK again.

Paul.