Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 14:42 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
Yum has no option to install an older file on top of a newer file
An update probably installed the 34.0.2.EL-xxxx-devel file ... so
34.0.1
will never install instead of the newer one.
The installed package was older. I have already removed the package on the system I was working with, but here is an example from another one that is identical except for being x86_64 instead of i686.
# yum info installed kernel-smp-devel Installed Packages Name : kernel-smp-devel Arch : x86_64 Version: 2.6.9 Release: 34.EL Size : 11 M Repo : installed # yum update kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Could not find update match for kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL No Packages marked for Update/ObsoletionI have verified that the package does exist in the repo:
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmIt looks like a "yum update" will only update to the newest package version.
yum install should install a newer ... but not necessarily the newest package (I think) :)
Based on the example I gave and other testing I have done, I believe that I am correct. I was unable to find any syntax that would let me select a newer-but-not-newest version for an update.
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Bowie Bailey