Yum dependencies [still]

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:06 +1100, Steffen Kluge wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 22:44 -0500, M. Lewis wrote:
> > Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.7676 is needed by package 
> > kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4

> The root cause of this issue is that kernel and kernel module packages
> can exist in multiple versions on the same system, since they live in
> versioned directories and have no conflicting files. Other packages
> (like nvidia-glx) cannot have multiple versions installed at the same
> time. If you want to use the latest kernel with NVidia's proprietary
> driver you have to wave your old NVidia kernel modules good-bye. That
> means no proprietary NVidia driver support when you boot older kernels.
> 
> Nobody's fault, really. 

I disagree - It's basically livna's fault. They ought to rebuild
kernel-module-nvidia for all kernels currently being used.

Otherwise, users will not be able to update.

> The only way out would be convincing someone to
> build the NVidia modules against x number of older kernels, as well.
Exactly.

Ralf