[CentOS-devel] 5.6 nspr packages appear older than 5.5 updates.

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Tru Huynh wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:27:35PM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:
>> A forum user has encountered a problem trying to install nspr-devel.
>>
>> See
>> https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=30915&forum=37
>>
>> The 5.6 versions look older than the 5.5 updates to yum.  Attempting to 
>> install using CentOS-Vault.repo [C5.5-updates] repo also fails.
>>
>> Looks like tru_tru has noted the issue on #centos-qa.
> 
> fixed (wrong disttag for the 5.5/updates/nspr el5_5 instead of el5)
> the 5.6/nspr got the disttag correctly set but el5< el5_5
> (unchanged srpm from upstream).
> 
> 5.5/updates/ -> 5.6/updates (plain copy/link)
> 
> Tru
> 
Then "yum downgrade nspr" should do the trick of installing 
newer/percived as older package.

Ljubomir