how to patch a kernel using fedora-ksplice

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:47:29 -0600 "Robert G. (Doc) Savage"
<dsavage at peaknet.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 09:14 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I noticed that there is a new kernel out and I wanted to try patching
> > it using ksplice. I have fedora-ksplice installed, and was wondering
> > what I should do? I do use yum mostly for my installs and updates.
> 
> Ranjan,
> 
> Go to http://www.ksplice.com and download/install the ksplice-uptrack
> rpm for whichever Fedora you have installed (F13 or F14).
> 
> Note carefully that ksplice will automatically apply *their* current
> patches to the kernel at boot-time, but it does NOT install the
> corresponding kernel RPM. For this reason no auditing or configuration
> management software (e.g. uname and rpm/yum) that is not ksplice-aware
> will report your system is patched.
> 
> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights, IL
> 

Hi Doc,

THanks very much for your e-mail. It is very clear! Would you or
someone else then clarify what the role of the fedora-ksplice (and the 
dependency ksplice) rpms are?

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan