[fedora-arm] yum update of a remix f19

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/30/2014 05:23 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> This is on a Cubieboard2 (Allwinner A20) running the F19 remix from
>>
>> http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/a20-cubieboard/fedora/Fedora-19-a10-armhfp-r3.img.xz
>>
>> So since I am not suppose to update the kernel (so I have read) I tried:
>>
>> yum update --exclude=kern*
>>
>> But I see things like:
>>
>> ---> Package xl2tpd.armv7hl 0:1.3.6-1.fc19 will be installed
>> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-modules-extra for package:
>> xl2tpd-1.3.6-1.fc19.armv7hl
>>
>> and the updated stops with:
>>
>> Error: Package: xl2tpd-1.3.6-1.fc19.armv7hl (updates)
>>             Requires: kernel-modules-extra
>>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>>   You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>>
>> So how do I update everything I can?
> The answer is in the error message.... "yum update --exclude=kern*
> --skip-broken"
>
The difference between my reading that error message and you reading it 
is that you know that it is OK to '--skip-broken'  I have never did this 
before, and did not know what is safe.  Of course supposedly this is 
still a 'blow away' build.  If I get it wrong, I will know for next time.

thanks for the help