Kernel dependency issues

Christopher Beland beland at alum.mit.edu
Fri Dec 12 02:08:46 UTC 2008


After a "yum update --skip-broken", I now have the following
kernel-related packages installed:

kernel-debug-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
kernel-firmware-2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11.x86_64

1.) Note that kernel-firmware and kernel-headers are out of sync with
the other packages.  Should this be allowed by the dependency checker?

2.) From their descriptions, it looks like kernel-headers and
glibc-headers are only needed if you are compiling code.  Are they safe
to remove if I know I don't do that sort of thing?  If so, shouldn't
they have "-devel" in the name?  I remove all -devel packages to keep my
system clean.

3.) When I try to update all kernel-related packages, I get the errors
below.  I'm not sure why there's no kernel-debug package offered for
update.

>>
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 = 2.6.27.5-117.fc10 for package: kernel-debug-debuginfo
---> Package kernel-debuginfo-common.x86_64 0:2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11 set to be updated
---> Package kernel-debuginfo.x86_64 0:2.6.28-0.121.rc7.git5.fc11 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 = 2.6.27.5-117.fc10 is needed by package kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 = 2.6.27.5-117.fc10 is needed by package kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 (installed)
<<

Thanks!

Beland




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