FC5 yum update to kernel 1808 fails
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Tue Jan 3 14:49:51 UTC 2006
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:44:07AM -0700, Doug Henderson wrote:
> Updating from kernel 1807 to 1808 fail. yum output follows (edited for
> wrap):
>
> [root at lambda ~]# yum update kernel
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1808_FC5 set to be installed
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =========================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> =========================================================================
> Installing:
> kernel i686 2.6.14-1.1808_FC5 development 13 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =========================================================================
> Install 1 Package(s)
> Update 0 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 13 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): kernel-2.6.14-1.18 100% |=========================| 13 MB 00:44
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
> error: %pre(kernel-2.6.14-1.1808_FC5.i686) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
> error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping kernel-2.6.14-1.1808_FC5
>
> Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1808_FC5
that's an old (well, pre-xmas) problem that should be fixed now.
iirc, this was selinux breakage. make sure you've updated policy, then
do a 'fixfiles relabel'. If you're running old bits of userspace, it's
advisable to update those too, for reasons just like this.
Dave
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