Re: Yup update mismatched kernel and modules


Subject: Re: Yup update mismatched kernel and modules
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 17:25:49 MDT


On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

> At 2:24 PM -0400 8/23/00, Charles Stevenson wrote:
> >What does everyone think... should YUP notify the user in some when when a
> >kernel RPM is going to be update and/or should we add a postconfig script to
> >the kernel RPMS that notes the need to copy the new kernel to the HFS?
>
> I think it's a good idea for yup to warn folks about any necessary
> post-processing the user needs to do...

But should this be in *yup*, or in the kernel RPM? I think it makes more sense
in the kernel rpm - the same warning applies if upgrading by hand. Also,
adding the warning to yup seems like poor generalization (or whatever "poor
design" argument appeals to you ;).

-Hollis



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