Re: Why akmod fails on F22 for nvidia (and possible other uses)

On 2 Aug 2015, at 17:25, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net&gt; wrote: Am 02.08.2015 um 18:10 schrieb Barry Scott: > On 30 Jul 2015, at 21:06, Radek Holy <rholy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> Can akmods.service simply wait for the RPM lock to be released? Sorry, if the question is stupid, I am not familiar with akmod system. why is it locked for no good reason at all > I am assuming that the normal running of a Fedora system it is odd to have updates > happening as part of a boot up. The exception to this rule is akmods that handles > the problem of updating kernel modules after a new kernel is installed. > > If this assumption is reasonable, at least for now, then fixing dnf-makecache > to use cron and to be off by default will make the world a happy and reliable place > again. > > If my assumptions are wrong and dnf folks manage to keep their dnf-makecache in the system > Then akmods would be forced to work with this in the system the dnf-cache timer is one of the dumbest things ever * wasting bandwidth * introducing other troubles * completly useless at all why do i need the cache refresehd until there is a intention to install / update packages and then the data my be outdated instead pull it *now* see also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187111