Disappearing Kernels during Yum update
Steven F. LeBrun
steven at lebruns.com
Fri Sep 4 13:22:15 UTC 2009
On 09/04/2009 08:43 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 08:10 -0400, Steven F. LeBrun wrote:
>
>> This brings up another question, why is installonly_limit set to 3 in
>> my yum.conf file when the manpage for yum.conf states that the default
>> is 0 (disable). As I stated above, I have not changed any settings in
>> yum.conf.
>>
>> This indicates that there is a discrepancy between the manpages and
>> the actual behavior.
>>
> Default for yum, when not configured otherwise. Whereas Fedora has
> preset a preference for three in the yum.conf file set up by them.
>
> Since I've had some problems with new kernels, in the past; and I've
> seen Fedora rapidly churn out several kernels, also in the past, I set
> my limit at 6 kernels.
>
>
Thanks for the useful information!
--
Steven F. LeBrun
Quote: /"Behold the lowly turtle," the astronaut had quoted. "He only
makes progress when he sticks his neck out."/
-- Ben Bova, from /"Return to Mars"/
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