Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 241958
"yum install kernel-xen" installs packages for wrong arch
Last modified: 2014-03-16 23:07:14 EDT
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
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).
The i686 one shouldn't be in the tree; I think this got fixed up post test4
and you're running something other than 3.1.6, right?
kernel-xen should no longer be in the tree - that was in a couple of early rawhide trees.
Seth -- yum --version is 3.1.6
stop using 3.1.6 - use 3.2.0, please.
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