[Yum] bug? concerning "install" needing to "upgrade" dependancies...
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Thu Mar 15 01:56:30 UTC 2007
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 14:06 -0700, Neil Harkins wrote:
> On 3/14/07, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> yum will not ever downgrade a component on an install. that's
> extremely
> dangerous behavior. If you have a version of something which
> requires an
> older version either:
> 1. build the thing against the newer version
> 2. provide a compat- pkg to provide the old dep
>
> I think you misread something in my message?
> I'm not expecting yum to downgrade. That indeed would be silly.
> I'm trying to install something which requires a NEWER version
> of something else previously installed. The newer version is
> available,
> just not installed.
>
> Yum (2.4.3.1) is not smart enough to UPgrade that dependancy.
> It tries to install the dependancy (presumedly because the command
> line arg was "install", thus it tries that action on all dependent
> tasks?),
> which fails due to a conflict with the currently installed version.
>
2.4.3.1? Where is that from?
-sv
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