[elrepo] I Hope This Is A Newbie Question

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 07/15/2011 12:35 AM, Stu Statman wrote:
>
> On 7/14/11 2:25 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>> On 07/15/2011 12:22 AM, Stu Statman wrote:
>>> So ... am I missing a really obvious step here? Is this not an issue
>>> with kernel-ml and I should look elsewhere?
>> You need to install the kernel-ml-devel and kernel-ml-headers 
>> packages. They are available in the same place as the kernel-ml package.
> I installed kernel-ml-devel without a hitch.
>
> I knew that I'd have trouble with kernel-ml-headers because I took a 
> stab at it before I sent my email. Reading up on it, it seems like I'm 
> caught in a bind.
>
> 1. To install kernel-ml-headers, I need to remove kernel-headers.
> 2. gcc depends on kernel-headers.
> 3. So if I need to compile apps (using gcc) against the new headers, I 
> am out of luck.
>
> Is this a correct assessment?
>
almost. just do a rpm -e --nodeps kernel-headers and yum install 
kernel-ml-headers after that. it should work.