[elrepo] Centos 6 - Kernel update using EL5 instead of EL6

[Steve Tindall]

On 04/08/2016 04:55 PM, Jason Whiteman wrote:
> Any idea why kernel-lt is using el5?  I'd like to update to a later
> elrepo kernel.
>
> uname -r output:
>
> 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64
>
> Yum install output:
>
> # yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-lt
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
> Setting up Install Process
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
...
>   * elrepo-kernel: reflector.westga.edu <http://reflector.westga.edu>
...
> Error: Package: kernel-lt-3.2.79-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64 (elrepo-kernel)
...

Yes, that does look odd.

The mirror used by yum (reflector.westga.edu) for the elrepo-kernel 
channel does not include any el5 packages in the el6 channel. On a local 
EL6 system, yum selects the correct kernel-lt for installation.

Unless I missed something obvious, it looks like there may be a local 
yum configuration issue on your end. Please run:

  # grep el5 /etc/yum.repos.d/elrepo.repo

   (If that draws a blank, then run:
     # grep el5 /etc/yum.repos.d/*
     # grep el5 /etc/yum.conf )

  # yum repolist elrepo-kernel

.. and post the output.

Steve