[FC3] kernel panic after selinux-policy-targeted update

Ian Pilcher i.pilcher at comcast.net
Wed Jun 29 15:55:35 UTC 2005


Paul Howarth wrote:
> It can require a specific version of the kernel to be installed, but 
> having it installed isn't the same as running it. In most cases people 
> will get both updates at the same time but the selinux update will take 
> effect immediately, whilst the kernel update takes effect only after a 
> reboot.

Best thing to do would have been to conflict with earlier kernel
versions (and possibly check the running kernel version in a script).
(Can a script cause an RPM installation to fail?)

This all presupposes that the problems were known in advance, however.
Clearly, they weren't.

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Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher at comcast.net
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