diff -ru yum-3.2.29-orig/docs/yum.conf.5 yum-3.2.29/docs/yum.conf.5
--- yum-3.2.29-orig/docs/yum.conf.5 2011-01-13 15:39:30.778001529 -0500
+++ yum-3.2.29/docs/yum.conf.5 2011-01-13 15:41:07.361948839 -0500
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@
\fBinstallonlypkgs \fR
List of package provides that should only ever be installed, never updated.
Kernels in particular fall into this category. Defaults to kernel,
-kernel-bigmem, kernel-enterprise, kernel-smp, kernel-modules, kernel-debug,
+kernel-bigmem, kernel-enterprise, kernel-smp, kernel-debug,
kernel-unsupported, kernel-source, kernel-devel, kernel-PAE, kernel-PAE-debug.
Note that because these are provides, and not just package names, kernel-devel
will also apply to kernel-debug-devel, etc.
+Note that "kernel-modules" is \fBnot\fR in this list, in RHEL-6, and so anything
+providing that is updated like any other package.
+
.IP
\fBinstallonly_limit \fR
Number of packages listed in installonlypkgs to keep installed at the same
diff -ru yum-3.2.29-orig/yum/config.py yum-3.2.29/yum/config.py
--- yum-3.2.29-orig/yum/config.py 2011-01-13 15:39:30.772959957 -0500
+++ yum-3.2.29/yum/config.py 2011-01-13 15:40:16.919033640 -0500
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
installonlypkgs = ListOption(['kernel', 'kernel-bigmem',
'installonlypkg(kernel-module)',
'installonlypkg(vm)',
- 'kernel-enterprise','kernel-smp', 'kernel-modules', 'kernel-debug',
+ 'kernel-enterprise','kernel-smp', 'kernel-debug',
'kernel-unsupported', 'kernel-source', 'kernel-devel', 'kernel-PAE',
'kernel-PAE-debug'])
# NOTE: If you set this to 2, then because it keeps the current kernel it