kernel-devel dependency

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 14:07 -0600, Tyler Larson wrote:
> Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> > Should kernel-devel be made to depend on the same version of the kernel?
> > I have kernel-devel installed, and every time a new kernel comes out the
> > corresponding version of kernel-devel becomes installed as well - but
> > the old package does not get uninstalled.
> > 
> > Unless there is a specific reason why it is desirable to have
> > kernel-devel-X installed when kernel-X is not, having the former
> > Requires: the latter would make maintenance tidier, I think.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > - Michel
> > 
> 
> This sounds like a job for the pkgsToInstallNotUpdate option in up2date. I
> don't know the equivalent for yum.


it's the default setting in yum and it is named 'installonlypkgs'. yum
will watch for kernel packages and try to treat them correctly.

-sv