deltarpm for Rawhide kernel not working

[Andre Robatino]

Frank Murphy <frankly3d <at> gmail.com> writes:

> It happens if some of the previously installed files are missing.
> Maybe a language file, txt or other.
> It usually says what is misssing.
> Check your yum log.

The problem exists immediately after installing a new kernel. For example, right
after installing today's 3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64 kernel, "rpm -V
kernel-3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64" gives

5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.alias
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.alias.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.builtin.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.ccwmap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.dep
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.dep.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.devname
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.ieee1394map
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.inputmap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.isapnpmap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.ofmap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.pcimap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.seriomap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.softdep
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.symbols
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.symbols.bin
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.2.0-2.fc17.x86_64/modules.usbmap

I get similar output on F16, for example "rpm -V kernel-3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64"
gives

?........    /boot/System.map-3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.alias
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.alias.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.builtin.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.ccwmap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.dep
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.dep.bin
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.devname
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.ieee1394map
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.inputmap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.isapnpmap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.ofmap
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.pcimap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.seriomap
...T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.softdep
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.symbols
5S.T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.symbols.bin
5..T.....    /lib/modules/3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64/modules.usbmap

but in F16, kernel deltas work. I remember a while back (a few releases), kernel
deltas didn't work due to certain files being included in the kernel package
which were automatically recreated anyway on kernel install. The solution was to
remove those files from the package. Unfortunately I don't have the bug number
handy.