[fedora-arm] yum update of a remix f19

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>
> 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"
>
>
> So 5 packages were skipped:
>
> Skipped (dependency problems):
>   NetworkManager-l2tp.armv7hl 0:0.9.8.6-1.fc19
>   ldns.armv7hl 0:1.6.16-2.fc19
>   libreswan.armv7hl 0:3.8-1.fc19
>   unbound-libs.armv7hl 0:1.4.21-1.fc19
>   xl2tpd.armv7hl 0:1.3.6-1.fc19
>
> Will this be a problem?

Unlikely, have you tried to see what functionality they provide and
checking if you use it? The old versions will still be there. It's not
too hard to work it out for yourself.

Peter