on 1-6-2009 2:26 PM Tim Nelson spake the following:
Hello fellow CentOS'ers-
I'm trying to install a package from a not-to-be-named repository (privately operated for some proprietary software). They currently have a package I need but offer multiple versions. However, if I simply 'yum install packagename' it defaults to pulling down the most recent package. I would like to pull down the older version of the package but I'm unable to do so.
So, how would you specify version number for a package with two candidates but the same name? I'm at a loss... :-(
I think you have to specify version. In the example;
bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.1.P1.el5_2.i386.rpm bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2.i386.rpm
I think you would specify yum install bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.1.P1
but a later update will upgrade it anyway.
If there software doesn't work with the newer version, it shouldn't be in their repo, IMHO.