[CentOS] Yum update wants to overwrite newer app package

MHR mhullrich at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 03:45:36 UTC 2007


On Dec 11, 2007 2:17 PM, Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 02:13:10PM -0800, MHR enlightened us:
>
> > Please note: the version number listed in the rpm -qa is 2.3.0, but the
> > version number listed in the yum update confirmation is 2.0.4.
> >
>
> rpm -qa --queryformat "%{epoch}:%{name}-%{release}-%{version}.%{arch}"
openoffice*
>
> I bet they have an epoch of 0, but the 2.0.4 packages have an epoch of 1,
> which means they are newer, even though the version number is smaller.
>
They work like the 2.0 version from before, meaning the same bug I moved to
2.3 to avoid.

So, I guess I'll put in an exclude until something else changes.

Thanks.

mhr
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