On 05/25/2015 07:48 AM, Kirk Bocek wrote: > > > On 5/25/2015 4:40 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> On May 25, 2015, at 01:10, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'll reinstall chrony. But there *are* places I've needed to use >>> nodeps. Mostly to manage inter-repo package incompatibilities. >> You should look into the yum priorities option to ensure packages from >> different repos don't step on each other, however I'd consider any yum >> repository that requires you break your rpm database to be one to avoid. >> >> > > It usually happens when I've wanted to change versions of the same > software between repos and that software has been compiled differently. > Usually audio-visual software. Yum install triggers a conflict and yum > uninstall on the older package cascades a bunch of undesirable > uninstalls. The only solution is rpm -e -nodeps followed by installing > the newer package. > > If you have a better solution, let me know. If the new package fulfills all requirements as the old one, you can use "yum shell" to do both transactions at the same time. $> yum shell >remove old-package >install new-package >ts >run >exit -Thomas