[Yum] "yum install postfix" tries to install netqmail instead

[quellyn at cybermesa.com]

Thank you, that was it! The netqmail rpm had indeed been built with
"Obsoletes: postfix". Apparently our packager was a little bit biased  :-)


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> 
> On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 18:06 -0600, quellyn at cybermesa.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a RHEL 5 system which is subscribed to the Red Hat Network for system
> > updates and also attached to a local yum repository. In this local repository
> > I have a custom-rolled rpm for netqmail, which we use on other machines in our
> > site.
> > 
> > When I attempt to install postfix on the system, it doesn't exactly perform as
> > expected:
> > 
> > > [root at somehost ~]# yum install postfix
> > > Loading "security" plugin
> > > Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
> > > somehost.local-instal 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
> > > rhel-x86_64-client-w 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
> > > rhel-x86_64-client-s 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
> > > somehost-install         100% |=========================| 1.1 kB   
00:00     
> > > rhel-x86_64-client-5 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
> > > rhn-tools-rhel-x86_6 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00  
       
> > > Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> > > Finished
> > > Setting up Install Process
> > > Parsing package install arguments
> > > Resolving Dependencies
> > > --> Running transaction check
> > > ---> Package netqmail.x86_64 0:1.05-SEC.1_FC6 set to be updated
> > > --> Processing Dependency: ucspi-tcp >= 0.88 for package: netqmail
> > > --> Processing Dependency: daemontools >= 0.76 for package: netqmail
> > > --> Running transaction check
> > > ---> Package daemontools.x86_64 0:0.76-SEC.25_FC6 set to be updated
> > > ---> Package ucspi-tcp.x86_64 0:0.88-SEC.16_FC6 set to be updated
> > > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> > >
> > > Dependencies Resolved
> > >
> > >
=============================================================================
> > >  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> > >
=============================================================================
> > > Installing:
> > >  netqmail                x86_64     1.05-SEC.1_FC6   somehost-install  405 k
> > > Installing for dependencies:
> > >  daemontools             x86_64     0.76-SEC.25_FC6  somehost-install   63 k
> > >  ucspi-tcp               x86_64     0.88-SEC.16_FC6  somehost-install   89 k
> > >
> > > Transaction Summary
> > >
=============================================================================
> > > Install      3 Package(s)         
> > > Update       0 Package(s)         
> > > Remove       0 Package(s)         
> > >
> > > Total download size: 558 k
> > > Is this ok [y/N]:
> > 
> > As you can see, it tries to install netqmail from the local repos instead.
> > 
> > I've done a "yum clean all" and even completely wiped out /var/cache/yum, but
> > the behavior is consistent unless I take the drastic measure of completely
> > removing netqmail from my local repositories. Then yum finds and installs
> > postfix from the Red Hat Network repos.
> > 
> > All I can figure is that yum is preferentially looking for a capability match
> > here (netqmail being an alternative mail package to postfix) rather than
> > looking for an exact package name match. If this is the case, is there any way
> > to disable this?
> > 
> run this:
> yum list obsoletes
> 
> on a system w/o netqmail installed.
> 
> or on a system with netqmail installed run:
> 
> rpm -q --obsoletes netqmail
> 
> I think you'll find your culprit.
> 
> -sv
> 
> -sv
> 
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