RH7.3 & legacy question

[James Wilkinson]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Which is what I'm doing, using yum to upgrade 5 or 6 packages at a 
> time.  One thing its refusing to do is to update iptables.  This box 
> has always had a custom kernel on it, currently running a pretty old 
> 2.4.23 something or other with Con Kovolas 'ck6' patchset applied.  
> I'm not alergic to building a newer kernel, but how do I go about 
> telling yum that the kernel installed is compatible, or even better, 
> than the one its looking for?

Two options:

 * You turn the custom kernel into an RPM and install it that way. Then
   the RPM database knows you've got a recent kernel.

 * You let yum install the kernel it wants, but just don't use it.


Hope this helps,

James.

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