[Yum] Yum 3.2.11 released

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 10:02 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> >> rpm -e --nodeps libfwbuilder
> >> rpm -ivh libfwbuilder*.rpm
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > you don't need to do that:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacepkgs --replacefiles libfwbuilder*.rpm
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> Thanks for the tip. --replacefiles was the key. Digging into man-pages 
> it seems I can simplify it by using "rpm -Uvh --force"
> 
> >> (is there a command line for rpm reinstall?) It would be nice if I can 
> >> use yum reinstall for that. Or (even better) something that can do "I 
> >> want to install this package, install/reinstall/upgrade/downgrade if you 
> >> have to".
> >>     
> >
> > downgrade ain't gonna happen.
> >
> >   
> 
> I believe it would be a good feature to have. Nevertheless, I understand 
> your decision.
> 

downgrade is an extremely dicey endeavor if you think about it in terms
of scriptlets.

it's hard to revert 'rm -f /some/randomfile' from a %post


-sv