Removing kernel module plugins for yum-utils

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi Tim!

One warning: I never looked really much into yum-fedorakmod myself. But 
I hope I (or someone else) will find time for it soon, as it could make 
things easier with the changes reg. the kernel variants that are planed 
for F11:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ArchitectureSupport

E.g. I hope the plugin in the future can sure that the right kmods are 
installed when running "yum install kmod-foo" depending on what 
kenrel(s) are found on the system (e.g. in case of 32-bit-x86-Fedora 
that can he .i586, .x86_64, -PAE.i686 afaics). not sure, but maybe some 
support for this already is in yum-fedorakmod.

On 25.02.2009 11:36, Tim Lauridsen wrote:
>
 > I am investigation the possibilities to remove all kind of kernel module
> plugin from yum-utils. Ex. yum-fedorakmod
> 
> As far as I can see they should not be necessary with the current 
> kernel-modules in rpmfusion.

Correct, for normal updating it's not needed. Everything will just work 
normally if kmods and kernel are pushed at the same time and if yum uses 
up2date mirrors.

But some people don't want to get new kernel installed if new kmods are 
not yet available (or vice versa). yum-fedorakmod iirc can do that and 
so partly solves the problems outlined in
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg00041.html
(the problem isn't getting solved for other packages like xine-lib and 
xine-lib-extras-nonfree). I never tried if that works these days, but I 
suppose it does.

> they even make troubles in some cases.

Well, there was a bug and that's fixed in head afaik.

> If anybody sees any case where the plugins are need the please speak up.

Maybe it would be better to drop it from yum-utils in Fedora and ship it 
as separate package in RPM Fusion?

CU
knurd