[TriLUG] installing kernel packages with rpm

[Blackburn, Marvin]

Thanks, that is a big help. 

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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of John Berninger
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] installing kernel packages with rpm
> 
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Blackburn, Marvin wrote:
> 
> > According to most documentation, kernel packages should be installed
> > using -rpm -ivh;
> > however, there are multiple packages starting with kernel 
> that up2date
> > obviously uses the rpm -Uhv.
> > 
> > How do I know which packages should use -i and which should use -U
> 
>         The simplest way to remember is that any package that 
> contains a
> /boot/vmlinuz-* file (an actual kernel) should *never* be updated with
> -U.
> 
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