kernel upgrade with yum removed old kernels

[Kam Leo]

On 5/7/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/7/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Kam Leo wrote:
> >
> > > You stated the documented and actual behavior for the installonlyn
> > > plugin changed and that it was too difficult or not worth the effort
> > > to modify the FC5 release-notes. Ergo, my recommendation, document the
> > > change in installyonlyn.conf.
> >
> > File a RFE.
>
> Pointless and totally ineffective. I cannot change developer habits.
> Those who care about their code will document.
>
> Besides, Fedora Core is totally schedule driven. Documentation bugs
> are considered critical and do not hold a release. Using FC5 release
        ^
Typo, "not" was omitted.

> notes as an example. Under the  heading "Latest Release Notes on the
> Web",  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc5/ , it states
> "These release notes may be updated." Truth is it does not happen. Not
> for a free product with a 18 month life span.
>
> >   It is the fastest way to disseminate
> > > the change. Commandline help would work, too,  but it appears that yum
> > > does not provide hooks to extend help.
> >
> > I don't know where you got that impression but it does.
>
> If a hook is available then why wouldn't/shouldn't options for
> installonlyn appear? Here's what appears:
>
> # yum --help
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo,
> localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache,
> upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update,
> groupupdate, info, search, check-update, list, remove, clean,
> grouperase >
>
> options:
>   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
>   -t, --tolerant        be tolerant of errors
>   -C                    run entirely from cache, don't update cache
>   -c  [config file]     config file location
>   -R  [minutes]         maximum command wait time
>   -d  [debug level]     debugging output level
>   -e  [error level]     error output level
>   -y                    answer yes for all questions
>   --version             show Yum version and exit
>   --installroot=[path]  set install root
>   --enablerepo=[repo]   enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
>   --disablerepo=[repo]  disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
>   -x [package], --exclude=[package]
>                         exclude package(s) by name or glob
>   --obsoletes           enable obsoletes processing during updates
>   --noplugins           disable Yum plugins
>
>
> With the exception of enabling or disabling all plugins the plugins
> are totally isolated from yum.
>
> >
> > Rahul
>