yum update question/problem??

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 21 May 2012 21:53:36 -0700, J (JD) wrote:

> I just did a yum update (after having done rpm -e  
> kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16.i686).
> And yum updated the kernel again to kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16.i686.
> (why I had removed that kernel is another story - I have already
> filed a bug with buzilla.redhat.com).
> 
> So I visited http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/16/i386/
> and there I see that latest kernel is  kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686.rpm 
> dated May 18th, 02:29
> 
> Then I browsed to 
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/16/i386/
> where I was automatically diverted to
> http://mirrors.reflected.net/fedora/linux/updates/16/i386/
> 
> and there I see kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16.i686.rpm 
> <ftp://ftp.uci.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/updates/16/i386/kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16.i686.rpm>instead 
> of kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686.rpm
>

Lack of patience? It takes some time for new updates to be picked up by
the mirrors. And this particular kernel update is still very hot:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8074/kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16

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Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.3.6-3.fc17.x86_64
loadavg: 0.73 0.78 0.69