[Yum] xinetd-problem

[seth vidal]

> 
> Don't worry too much over the issue...I just had a frustrating bout of 
> talking someone new to yum through installing packages from a custom 
> repository--all of which were epoched in the Red Hat versions and 
> already installed.  It took more than half an hour for me to realize yum 
> didn't behave at all like I thought, and quite a bit longer to think 
> through how to work around it (these packages had a lot of deps, making 
> the remove/reinstall fix less than fun).  Now that I understand it, I 
> can work around it relatively easily--and I very likely will still give 
> a go to adding a 'really-last' option that will 'downgrade' packages as 
> needed to prefer a later repository over an earlier repository.
> 

Welcome.
 I'm not sure if you're going to enjoy the levels of suck you'll find
your way into if you do that, but have a blast :)

-sv