[LU-3770] lustre-client-modules rpm 'Requires: kernel' dependency always satisified by kernel-debug via YUM

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Priority: Major
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.4.0
• Environment: RHEL 6.4
• Severity: 1
• Assignee: WC Triage
• Reporter: Scott Nolin

Description

lustre-client-modules-2.4.0-2.6.32_358.6.2.el6.x86_64_gd3f91c4.x86_64.rpm

has a kernel requirement -

Requires: kernel = 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6

If installed via yum, yum always resolves the dependency with the debug kernel.

lustre-client-modules-2.4.0-2.6.32_358.6.2.el6.x86_64_gd3f91c4.x86_64 requires: kernel = 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6
--> Processing Dependency: kernel = 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6 for package: lustre-client-modules-2.4.0-2.6.32_358.6. 2.el6.x86_64_gd3f91c4.x86_64
Searching pkgSack for dep: kernel
Building updates object
up:simple updates time: 0.304
up:obs time: 0.006
up:condense time: 0.000
updates time: 3.922
TSINFO: Marking kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64 as install for lustre-client-modules-2.4.0-2.6.32_358. 6.2.el6.x86_64_gd3f91c4.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-debug.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.6.2.el6 will be installed

This is a bug in yum or rpm I think. I made a simple rpm package that just requires a kernel and it does the same thing. I played with the spec file but couldn't figure out a way to work around this with an rpm.

It is not a huge deal, but we have to work around it for automated installs.