weird yum dependencies between kernel and kmod-nvidia in F8

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 05.12.2007 08:59, Joachim Backes wrote:
> I was running F8 with kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 together with kmod-nvidia-100.14.19-18.lvn8 and 
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-49.fc8-100.14.19-18.lvn8
> When trying "yum update kernel" (for updating kernel to version 2.6.23.8-63.fc8), yum rejected this 
> because the installed kmod-nvidia needs kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8. But inspecting the livna repos 
> showed me that kmod-nvidia-100.14.19-19.lvn8 and  kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.8-63.fc8-100.14.19-19.lvn8
> are absolutely available.
> I had to uninstall all kmod-nvidia, then update the kernel and then install kmod-nvidia again.
> Now my system runs with kmod-nvidia-100.14.19-19.lvn8, 
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.8-63.fc8-100.14.19-19.lvn8 and kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
> 
> Any issues?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330711

http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/11/problems-updating-kernels-and-kmods.html
http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/12/problems-updating-kernels-and-kmods-2.html

HTH

CU
knurd