Bug 460047 - Kernel obsoletes existing Driver Updates on install
Summary: Kernel obsoletes existing Driver Updates on install
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: beta
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Assignee: Jon Masters
QA Contact: Martin Jenner
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 465883 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-25 18:03 UTC by Jon Masters
Modified: 2009-01-20 20:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-01-20 20:13:11 UTC
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Add virtual "Obsoletes" dependencies to the kernel package (2.33 KB, patch)
2008-09-18 11:45 UTC, Jon Masters 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0225 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 kernel security and bug fix update 2009-01-20 16:06:24 UTC

Description Jon Masters 2008-08-25 18:03:39 UTC 
Description of problem:

Add RPM-level Obsoletes as a way of requiring existing driver updates shipped during RHEL5.2 to be uninstalled post-5.2, upon installation of 5.3 updates.
Comment 2 Jon Masters 2008-09-18 11:45:16 UTC 
Created attachment 317059 [details]
Add virtual "Obsoletes" dependencies to the kernel package
Comment 3 Jon Masters 2008-09-18 11:46:21 UTC 
Note, these are not done as numerical versions specifically in order to handle the design of virtual provides. We could also simply add a kernel provides saying "Provides: rhel-kernel: 5.3" for example.
Comment 7 Don Zickus 2008-11-12 16:37:15 UTC 
in kernel-2.6.18-123.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Comment 9 Linda Wang 2008-12-03 14:42:15 UTC 
*** Bug 465883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:13:11 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
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