[Yum] Re: install problem when same rpm in multiple repos

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312290402270.5431-100000 at localhost.localdomain>,
Robert P. J. Day <yum at lists.dulug.duke.edu> wrote:
> # yum list "*ogle*"
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora 1 - Base
> Server: Fedora 1 - Stable
> Server: Fedora 1 - Testing
> Server: Fedora 1 - Unstable
> Server: Fedora 1 - Updates
> Server: Fedora 1 - Updates testing
> Server: Freshrpms 1 - Freshrpms
> Server: Freshrpms 1 - Testing Updates
> Server: Freshrpms 1 - Updates
> Server: Livna 1 - updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Looking in Available Packages:
> Name                       Arch   Version                  Repo
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ogle                       i386   0.9.2-1.1.fr      freshrpms-freshrpms
> ogle                       i686   0.9.2-0.lvn.2.1   livna-updates
> ogle-devel                 i386   0.9.2-1.1.fr      freshrpms-freshrpms
> ogle-devel                 i686   0.9.2-0.lvn.2.1   livna-updates
> ogle_gui                   i386   0.9.2-1.1.fr      freshrpms-freshrpms
> 
> Looking in Installed Packages:
> Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>   so while both freshrpms and livna claim to supply both ogle and
> ogle-devel, since i use a pkgpolicy of "newest", one would assume that i'd
> get the freshrpms versions in both cases.  (i'm assuming that the
> comparison takes the build value into account, yes?)

Is it possible that yum was preferring arch==i686 over arch==i386 at a
higher precedence than the version number?

Cheers,
Tony
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