On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:09 PM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >>> # rpm -qi gmime gmime-sharp|grep URL >>> URL : http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/ >>> URL : http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/ >> >> The URL file generally just describes where the original source comes >> from, not what repo is being used. A better indicator of repo would >> be the Vendor, Packager, or Build Host fields. > > Understood. Using "rpm -qi", the "Vendor" field shows just "CentOS", It appears that EPEL uses "Fedora Project". > the "Build Host" reads simply "builder6", Interesting. I tested a Base CentOS package and it has "builder10.centos.org". Perhaps the extras are build using a different method. The gmime package from epel has "x86-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org". > and there is no "Packager" > field. I tried using the "--queryformat" option a few different way to > output the packager, but no luck. That would be a big help in figuring > out this kind of situation. It must be an optional field: $ rpm -qi cacti | grep Packager Packager : Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> >> .... >> >> That is interesting. Did your yum install command specify to install >> gmime-sharp? > > Yes, it's needed by tomboy, an applet I use. OK. That makes sense. Yum will make the transaction consistent by using the older versions to meet the dependency since no version was installed. >> .... >> >>> So.. what's the next thing to do? >> >> Either exclude gmime from the epel repo > > Would that be simply "exclude=gmime*" in epel.repo ? IIRC that will work. -- William Hooper