[Yum] Strange behavior: yum and jre.i586 and java-1.4.2-gcj-compat

[Dominik Epple]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:11:11AM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 16:42 +0100, Dominik Epple wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > 
> > 
> > on a x86_64 CentOS 5 machine:
> > 
> > When trying to install the SUN jre RPM using
> > 
> > # yum localinstall jre-1.6.0_04-fcs.i586.rpm
> > 
> > yum decides to deinstall java-1.4.2-gcj-compat after the (successful)
> > installation of the jre.  Why does yum do that? I just can not
> > find out which metadata information in the jre package leads to the
> > deinstallation of java-1.4.2-gcj-compat.
> > 
> 
> The weirdness here has to do with a deeply confusing subject called
> 'implicit obsoletes' it happens on certain older rpm versions, of which
> I believe centos5/rhel5 is running. 
> 
> explaining it makes my brain hurt 

Thanks for your answer. Upgrading RPM to 4.4.2.2 really solves the
issue. (4.4.2 is the version that is shipped with the OS.)

Regards,

Dominik
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