[Yum] forcing older kernel package install (rpm --oldpackage for yum?) redux

[Brian J. Murrell]

A while ago in:

http://lists.baseurl.org/pipermail/yum/2012-June/023859.html

I asked about Yum's refusal to install an older kernel package:

Transaction Check Error:
  package kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64) is already installed

The reason kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64 is
even being considered for installation is because a given kernel
modules package requires it with:

kernel = 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo

But clearly this confuses Yum since it doesn't want to install
the older kernel package.  I was told back then in:

   This message is from rpm. Which means that yum/rpm is treating the
  "kernel" package as a normal package and not as an "installonly"
  package. Something seems badly configured.

And indeed, if I try to just use RPM to install this kernel, I
get the same error:

# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
	package kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64) is already installed

But!  RPM has an option, "--oldpackage" that allows to me tell it
that installing an older package is OK.  Yum doesn't seem to have
any equivalent that I can see.

Or does it?

Cheers,
b.

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