missing kernel-ib

[__co__]

Hello,

I'm running DA on a CentOS 4.3 box. Today i tried to check for updates with yum and ran into this error:

libgssapi-0.8-1.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 3.3 kB 00:00
---> Package libgssapi.i386 0:0.8-1 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for nfs-utils-lib to pack into transaction set.
nfs-utils-lib-1.0.6-3.i38 100% |=========================| 4.2 kB 00:00
---> Package nfs-utils-lib.i386 0:1.0.6-3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libibverbs
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libsdp
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: dapl
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: libmthca
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-ib for package: librdmacm
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libibverbs
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package dapl
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libsdp
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package libmthca
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-ib is needed by package librdmacm

Apparently, this is a known issue and Redhat provided a solution here .

However, i excluded all kernel* packages in de yum conf, as described somewhere else on this forum.

What is the best thing to do, is it safe to change the yum config ?

 

[skruf]

Hey,

Just ran across this same thing on one of our servers and here's how I solved it.

I changed our yum.conf and removed " kernel* " from the exclude list and replaced it with:

kernel kernel-devel kernel-doc kernel-smp* kernel-hugemem* kernel-largesmp*

Of course, YMMV.

David

 

[__co__]

Okay, thanks !

But is it safe to exclude only those kernel packages ?