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?
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rgds
Stephen