Thanks, I will give that a whirl. John On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Stephan Wiesand <stephan.wies...@desy.de> wrote:
> > > On 07 Aug 2015, at 16:04, John Hascall <j...@iastate.edu> wrote: > > > > I am a BSD refugee who is new to AFS on RHEL, so please excuse this > question if it is dumb. > > > > I installed a new RHEL6 box and the kernel version is: > > > > 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 > > > > so the kmod rpm refuses to install: > > > > (2/2): kmod-openafs-1.6.13-1.2.6.32_504.30.3.el6.x86_64. | 320 kB > 00:00 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Total 927 kB/s | 29 MB > 00:32 > > Running rpm_check_debug > > Running Transaction Test > > > > > > Transaction Check Error: > > package kernel-2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 (which is newer than > kernel-2.6.32-504.30.3.el6.x86_64) is already installed > > > > How do I proceed from here? > > The kernel module for the latest EL6 kernel hasn't been built yet, > presumably because that kernel is not yet available in the ordinary CentOS > updates channel. > > To build yourself, make sure these are installed (probably a bit more than > you need): > > rpm-build > make > pam-devel > gcc > flex > bison > ncurses-devel > perl > redhat-rpm-config > autoconf > automake > fuse-devel > krb5-devel > > Then rebuild the srpm: > > rpmbuild --rebuild --define "build_modules 1" --define "kernvers > 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64" > http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/openafs-1.6.13-1.src.rpm > > - Stephan > >
