On Mon Sep 10, 2001 at 05:17:22PM -0400, Michael Moore wrote:
> > Again, this would be an EXCELLENT idea. With all the problems that are
> > caused by someone doing a kernel upgrade in MandrakeUpdate (and it's NOT
> > unreasonable for someone who hasn't heard about the problem to think that
> > if it's listed there, it must be upgradable from there - after all, that's
> > what MandrakeUpdate is there for...), they *really* should just configure
> > MandrakeUpdate to not do a kernel.
> >
> > Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-)
> >
> Both Vincent and I read it, and we have requested such a change. Whether it
> actually gets done is up to the developers of MandrakeUpdate.
It looks like rpmdrake will silently ignore kernel* if it encounters
in updates (for 8.1). Possibly for 8.2 we may have additional
features that show kernel updates but disallow updating unless you go
through a rigorous 5 minute Q&A session and dialog with rpmdrake. =)
> And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named.
>
> kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.rpm
>
> But then folks don't read package names either, so for the sake of
> professional appearance it was left off.
I liked that filename, but alas...
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