Selon Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 13 March 2006 23:35, S. Teletchéa wrote: > > Up to now, when one ask for a new kernel : urpmi kernel, the answer is > > 'no kernel' found (or sometimes the -mm one). > > I don't think this is the case, I think the answer is "already installed".
Right. > > If you do the same for urpmi kernel-26 (or kernel-2.6, i don't > > remember), then the full kernel list is displayed. > > > > This behaviour has been introduced, i presume, for the 2.4 to 2.6 switch. > > > > Cooker and fufure 2007 will probably not provide 2.4 (i think 2006 has > > already dropped it), so i think it is now safe to have kernel as > > provides from 2.6's kernel instead of kernel-2.6. > > Why "instead"? Just a suggestion, to not compicate things, but it is not exclusive. > > This is a small thing but quite annoying (and quite hard to explain why > > it is so in front of a client. > > > > Hoping to help :-) > > But, it already does provide "kernel": > > $ rpm -q --provides kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.12.12mdk-1-1mdk > kernel = 2.6.12 > alsa > kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.12.12mdk = 1-1mdk > > > Maybe you need to be more specific/precise? > > Also, take into account the other bug reports regarding kernel package naming > etc, which are currently being addressed: > > http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9644 This one is exactly what i meant. I should have read it first! > http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21345 This one is more a dkms-related one. Usefull also (since it breaks on many upgardes) but not the topic of my post. > Regards, > Buchan > As usual, thanks for precise and complete comments. I think now Luis has more info on the problem and can see more clearly how to solve it :-) Stéphane -- http://www.steletch.org Fingerprint: 1E83 26EE A2F1 87E5 5865 4DBF F2B4 9083 F44C AE88 GPG key @ http://www.steletch.org/article.php3?id_article=13 Mandrakelinux release LE2005 (Official) @ http://www.mandriva.com
