On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:19 +0200, Daniel de Kok wrote: > Hi all, > > A new version of the yum-priority plugin for CentOS 5 (x86/86_64) is now > available through the CentOS 5 testing repository[1]. This version > fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken by a upstream multi-arch > patch. We'd like to hear if this version works well, and whether > obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can test this by performing the > following steps: > > - Installing the updated plugin. > - Add a repository with obsoletes (e.g. RPMFore or ATRPMS), and make > sure that it has a lower priority (thus a higher priority number) > than the CentOS repositories. > - Make sure that /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf has the following > line: > > check_obsoletes = 1 > > - A subsequent "yum update" should not install/updates any packages > from these repositories. > > The results are most interesting on machines with a high number of > installed packages (since that would potentially hit an obsolete > earlier). There should be no regressions in normal plugin behavior aw > well. Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can be found > on the CentOS Wiki at: > > http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories > > Thanks, > Daniel > > [1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm Installed the update and ran yum update with atrpms/testing/bleeding, rpmforge, epel, adobe-linux-i386, centosplus, centos extras, centos addons, and a local repo with a lot of custom/fedora-extras packages enabled and priorities set. This machine has a lot of 3rd-party and locally-built packages, so should be pretty close to a worst case (or best-case for testing) and everything worked fine. No additional updates were installed and no errors. Phil