Re: [CentOS] problem with a repo

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Filipe Brandenburger filbranden@gmail.com wrote:

If the problem is with the RPMforge repository (from your e-mail that is not completely clear) you should report it on the RPMforge mailing list: http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users

From the sounds of things, his email is essentially a case study in

why the priorities plugin should be used when 3rd party repositories are enabled.

EPEL and RPMForge both package lots of perl sub-packages, and each do so a bit differently. They may be different versions, a mix of arch vs noarch packages, or simply contain different contents. Yum simply complains loudly if it can't do what it's told.