[Yum] xinetd-problem
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Fri May 23 12:47:03 UTC 2003
> Ah. configparser issue. Ok, I can live with that, and will dream no
> more. More important to me, though, is for the last repository in the
> list to trump all earlier repositories (alphabetical is OK...I've been
> doing it this long and it hasn't hurt me none). It kind of botches the
> way I'm using yum for it to work this way when installing new packages,
> but when replacing and existing package it keeps the 'newer' one based
> on version or epoch.
I don't understand what you mean here.
Can you explain your issue a bit more?
Did you want yum to "update" the packages to older versions? like
--oldpackage or something?
> I suppose I could rethink my package versioning and the way I'm using
> yum, to include epochs to force this kind of behavior at the package
> level. I fear that way will lead to madness...I have a multi-tiered
> method of deploying software and bundles of software, and it makes my
> head hurt to think of some way to epoch this without breaking previous
> deployments. And epochs make me itchy. I don't like packages getting
> uppity with me and acting all newer than one that I can clearly see has
> a more recent version number. ;-)
Do not use epochs lightly. Once you start down that path it is difficult
and sometimes impossible to return.
-sv
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