[CentOS] yum update tries and fails to install libreswan

Wed Feb 5 23:13:23 UTC 2014
Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole at gmail.com>

On 2014-02-05, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> On 6.5, I've got openswan installed, but yum update is wanting to install
> libreswan.
>
> If libreswan is intended to replace openswan, wouldn't the appropriate yum
> transactions have been created to remove opnswan first?
>
> I'm stumped. Advice appreciated.
>
> Fred

Libreswan is from the epel repository, so it's not an "official"
replacement for openswan. You can exclude the package in your yum
configuration and carry on as before if you wish.

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Liam