[SATLUG] Yum considered harmful for compiling your own software?

[Sean Carolan]

Why can't yum figure out that I want kernel-headers and kernel-devel
for my *currently running* kernel, and not the latest kernel?

[root at vmhost3 ~]# rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.18-8.el5

[root at vmhost3 ~]# rpm -q kernel-headers
kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5

[root at vmhost3 ~]# rpm -q kernel-devel
kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5

This is one of the most frustrating aspects of YUM, IMHO.  We have a
very good reason for wanting to stick with the 2.6.18-8 kernel, yet
yum likes to download the latest version of kernel-headers and
kernel-devel, which are completely useless to me.  Is there some way
to force yum to behave and actually install the supporting files for
my current kernel???