[Yum] Weird yum obsoletes scenario

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 12:59 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On 11/18/2004 03:48:44 AM, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 11:36 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> > > How do I get around this and make it easier for users to update B
> > with
> > > A without needing to accept other updates from my repo?
> > 
> > yum install package A
> 
> That didn't delete package B (at least not from the rpm database) -  
> even though it should have conflicted.
> 
> Wonder if that FC3T3 rpm bug, er, feature, that allowed installation of  
> packages overwriting files of others is back in rpm for FC3 ...

No, It's a different bug and I know what's causing it.

Go ahead and file in bugzilla. I'm aware of the problem and I'll solve
it before long.

Sorry
-sv