Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kernel (79 mails)

[Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/29/2009 11:16 AM, Michal Marek wrote:
> Dave Plater napsal(a):
>   
> > When I used zypper up kernel-desktop* as I usually do to update the
> > three kernel packages it offered me a choice of either kernel-desktop or
> > kernel-desktop-base as did yast when I selected update all in this list
> > if a newer version is available. I suppose I should file a bug that the
> > installation system should check for needed drivers that aren't in the
> > base package. On the other hand, if somebody updates from 11.1 will
> > zypper dup handle it properly?
> >     
> When I added the Obsoletes:, I tested that a 'zypper dup' gets it right
> (i.e. upgrades kernel-$flavor and deletes kernel-$flavor-base, I think
> it also got it right if there was only kernel-$flavor-base originally).
> This has to work and I hope it hasn't changed since then. Having 'zypper
> up kernel-desktop*' do the same right thing would be also nice, but it's
> not what users upgrading from 11.1 to 11.2 will be doing. I think the
> difference is that is that zypper expands 'up kernel-desktop*' to 'up
> kernel-desktop kernel-desktop-base', which can't be resolved (you want
> to update kernel-desktop, which obsoletes kernel-desktop-base, which you
> want to update at the same time). Of course, if you come up with a
> Obsoletes: line that does the right thing in all possible scenarios,
> then I'm all for it, but currently I'm happy that it at least works with
> 'zypper dup'.
>
> Michal
>   
If dup handles it properly then there's not a problem. Now I've updated
(good thing I was sensible enough to pick the right package) things will
be back to normal. Interesting thing is, I keep multiple kernels and
when I used zypper rm kernel-default-base"<=2.6.30" it automatically
installed the new kernel-default, normally it just removes the kernel
packages.
Regards
Dave P
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