Bug 241958 - "yum install kernel-xen" installs packages for wrong arch
Summary: "yum install kernel-xen" installs packages for wrong arch
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Bill Nottingham
URL:
Whiteboard: bzcl34nup
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-05-31 22:47 UTC by Michael DeHaan
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-01-09 04:37:18 UTC
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Description Michael DeHaan 2007-05-31 22:47:57 UTC
Description of problem:

On my ia32e system, running "yum install kernel-xen" suprisingly installs both
kernel-xen.i686 and kernel-xen.x86_64".  The i686 one is the one that gets
installed in grub, which causes kernel oops messages.  Only the x86_64 kernel
should be installed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

yum 3.1.6
kernel-xen  2.6.20-2925.9.fc7


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install FC7 clean on x86_64 box (I used Test 4 to do this)
2.  "yum install kernel-xen"
3.  reboot & profit
  
Actual results:

yum installs BOTH kernel packages for i686 and x86_64.  The i686 xen kernel
entry gets added to grub, and it dies quickly after booting. 

Expected results:

yum installs kernel packages for x86_64 only (matching the arch), and only the
desired kernel gets added to grub.

Additional info:

Smolt:
       UUID: 936a689c-0e22-4bde-b2ec-9d65b40f9a71
        OS: Fedora release 6.93 (Rawhide)
        Default run level: 5
        Language: en_US.UTF-8
        Platform: x86_64
        BogoMIPS: 3992.92
        CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
        CPU Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5130  @ 2.00GHz
        Number of CPUs: 4
        CPU Speed: 1994
        System Memory: 7928
        System Swap: 1983
        Vendor: Unknown
        System: Unknown
        Form factor: server
        Kernel: 2.6.20-1.3104.fc7

Comment 1 Michael DeHaan 2007-05-31 22:53:02 UTC
This actually happens for all packages, i.e. "yum install evolution" also offers
to install both arches.  Only the x86_64 kernel is installed, so at least that
specifically is not confusing it.

Clean install, no camera tricks (that I know of).


Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2007-05-31 22:53:46 UTC
The i686 one shouldn't be in the tree; I think this got fixed up post test4

Comment 3 Seth Vidal 2007-05-31 23:01:01 UTC
and you're running something other than 3.1.6, right?


Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2007-06-01 00:00:07 UTC
kernel-xen should no longer be in the tree - that was in a couple of early
rawhide trees.

Comment 5 Michael DeHaan 2007-06-01 14:40:49 UTC
Seth -- yum --version is 3.1.6

Comment 6 Seth Vidal 2007-06-01 19:38:15 UTC
stop using 3.1.6 - use 3.2.0, please.



Comment 7 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 10:56:23 UTC
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported
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Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 04:37:18 UTC
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
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