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/Obsoletion > > > > I have verified that the package does exist in the repo: > > > > kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > > > It 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. -- Bowie