Re: how to patch a kernel using fedora-ksplice
On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:47:29 -0600 "Robert G. (Doc) Savage"
<dsavage(a)peaknet.net> wrote:
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 09:14 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that there is a new kernel out and I wanted to try patching
> it using ksplice. I have fedora-ksplice installed, and was wondering
> what I should do? I do use yum mostly for my installs and updates.
Ranjan,
Go to http://www.ksplice.com and download/install the ksplice-uptrack
rpm for whichever Fedora you have installed (F13 or F14).
Note carefully that ksplice will automatically apply *their* current
patches to the kernel at boot-time, but it does NOT install the
corresponding kernel RPM. For this reason no auditing or configuration
management software (e.g. uname and rpm/yum) that is not ksplice-aware
will report your system is patched.
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
Hi Doc,
THanks very much for your e-mail. It is very clear! Would you or
someone else then clarify what the role of the fedora-ksplice (and the
dependency ksplice) rpms are?
Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan