The kernel spec file contains a whole lot of self-obsoletes, which is pointed
out by rpmlint:
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-bigsmp <= 3.1 obsoletes
kernel-bigsmp = 3.1
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-bigsmp-base <= 3.1
obsoletes kernel-bigsmp-base = 3.1
kernel-default-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-bigsmp-devel <= 3.1
obsoletes kernel-bigsmp-devel = 3.1
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-desktop <= 4.3 obsoletes
kernel-desktop = 4.3
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-desktop-base <= 4.3
obsoletes kernel-desktop-base = 4.3
kernel-default-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-desktop-devel <= 4.3
obsoletes kernel-desktop-devel = 4.3
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-ec2 <= 4.4 obsoletes
kernel-ec2 = 4.4
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-ec2-base <= 4.4 obsoletes
kernel-ec2-base = 4.4
kernel-default-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-ec2-devel <= 4.4
obsoletes kernel-ec2-devel = 4.4
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-smp <= 2.6.17 obsoletes
kernel-smp = 2.6.17
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-trace <= 3.13 obsoletes
kernel-trace = 3.13
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-trace-base <= 3.13
obsoletes kernel-trace-base = 3.13
kernel-default-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-trace-devel <= 3.13
obsoletes kernel-trace-devel = 3.13
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-xen <= 4.4 obsoletes
kernel-xen = 4.4
kernel-default.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-xen-base <= 4.4 obsoletes
kernel-xen-base = 4.4
kernel-default-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion kernel-xen-devel <= 4.4
obsoletes kernel-xen-devel = 4.4
The package obsoletes itself. This is known to cause errors in various tools
and should thus be avoided, usually by using appropriately versioned Obsoletes
and/or Provides and avoiding unversioned ones.
Packages should not self-obsolete, as this breaks rpm and causes bugs like this
one: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1824102. Not sure why this
works with zypper, but it shouldn't.