keeping kmod-nvidia and kernel upgrades "in sync"

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 8/11/06, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc at avtechpulse.com> wrote:
> >> How are kernel and kmod-* supposed to be kept in sync? (I'd rather not
> >> use yum excludes, if I don't have too).
> >
> > My guess is that livna hasn't caught up with the kernel yet.
>
> No, it hasn't. So why does yum pull in a new kernel, if kmod-nvidia
> depends on the old kernel?

Because you're not upgrading kmod-nvidia.  The kernel has absolutely
no dependencies on kmod-nvidia, its the other way around.


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