Either I've made a mistake in my configuration or else packages from other repos can obsolete core packages
For example, I did a "yum update" on some rpmforge packages and saw this:
Installing: perl-Date-Manip noarch 5.54-2.el5.rf rpmforge 210 k replacing perl-DateManip.noarch 5.44-1.2.1
perl-IO-Compress noarch 2.024-1.el5.rf rpmforge 242 k replacing perl-Compress-Zlib.i386 1.42-1.fc6
If I try to install the original packages:
% yum install perl-Compress-Zlib Loaded plugins: priorities 476 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Install Process Package perl-Compress-Zlib is obsoleted by perl-IO-Compress, trying to install perl-IO-Compress-2.024-1.el5.rf.noarch instead Package perl-IO-Compress-2.024-1.el5.rf.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do
% yum install perl-DateManip Loaded plugins: priorities 476 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Install Process Package perl-DateManip is obsoleted by perl-Date-Manip, trying to install perl-Date-Manip-5.54-2.el5.rf.noarch instead Package perl-Date-Manip-5.54-2.el5.rf.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do
I have rpmforge with priority=10 I have the centos base and update repositories with priority=1
Have I made a stupid mistake with my configuration?
Stephen Harris wrote on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:53:40 -0500:
Either I've made a mistake in my configuration or else packages from other repos can obsolete core packages
You want to add check_obsoletes = 1 in priorities.conf. That should be set by default, but isn't.
Kai
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:31:17AM +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Stephen Harris wrote on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:53:40 -0500:
Either I've made a mistake in my configuration or else packages from other repos can obsolete core packages
You want to add check_obsoletes = 1 in priorities.conf.
Yup, that seems to add the required protection. Thanks!
That should be set by default, but isn't.
Yeah, I agree :-)
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