[Yum] Re: yum: list/update to multiple versions of a package

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 08:45 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 18:13 +0000, Brian Wiese wrote:
> >   
> >> Seth,
> >>
> >> Have you and the Yum developers had a chance to include the feature such
> >> that a yum client can list/see _all_ of the available versions of a
> >> package hosted in the yum repository, instead of just the latest
> >> version?[1]
> >>
> >>     
> 
> > showdupesfromrepos=1 will let you see them all.
> >
> >   
> While it does show all package version in a repository, an installed
> package that also exists in a repository will not be shown.
> example on my repository:
> 
> # yum -d1 list yum
> Installed Packages
> yum.noarch                               3.2.8-1.git.fan
> installed
> Available Packages
> yum.noarch                               3.0.6-1.fan
> local
> 
> yum-3.2.8-1.git.fan is only shown as installed, when in fact it also
> exists on "local" repository.
> Is there a way to change this behavior?
> 

that's intentional. If it is installed then it is not available to be
installed.

-sv