Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (341 mails)

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx>]

On 2009/02/04 15:35 (GMT-0500) Patrick Shanahan composed:

> * Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [02-04-09 14:56]:

> > There's a risk to in updating old "stable" systems, if something goes
> > wrong with an update to something critical like zypper, there will be
> > a huge fuss.

> > Does the OP know how to work round the issue?  If it is not obvious to
> > him, finding a way, might make a backport seem less of an issue.

> He "forgot" that 11.0 zypper did *not* keep replaced/updated kernels.
> He knows that rpm -i and smart are available and will accomplish what
> he wishes.  BUT he has lost the kernel that *worked* for his
> environment.  Thus the discussion.

When I wrote I expected I had lost the working kernel, but as it turns out I
didn't. Zypper removed both official kernels, but left the ilya_41 2.6.27
kernel required for networking to be usable.

Why it chose to leave or remove as it did I don't know. Was it because:

1-it left the kernel with the newest version?
2-it left the kernel with the newest build date?
3-it left the .27 kernel because it was not from a configured repository
(installed via rpm directly)?

I have a lot of machines. Those used more than the others mostly get booted
to 11.1 or Factory. I just need to remember better to check what is booted
before deciding what updater to invoke. I still like urpmi best, zypper
least, but Smart on pre-11.1 still seems to get best openSUSE results. :-p
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Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/
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