At 02:55 PM 9/10/2015, you wrote: >10/09/2015 23:52, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >>10/09/2015 21:56, david wrote: >>>Folks >>> >>>While trying to add a second desktop to my Centos7 installation (I had >>>GNOME3, wanted to add KDE as an alternate), the install failed: >><snip> >>>I use priorities, as follows: >>> >>>1: base >>>2: centosplus >>>3: updates >>>4: extras >>>5: cr >>>6: contrib >>>7: epel >>> >>>Can anyone explain this? or let me know how to get around it? >>>Rebuilding the server from scratch is definitely possible since this is >>>a test environment only. >> >> >>you need the same priority for updates as base, since packages in >>updates update packages in... base ;-) >>change updates prio to 1 and you should be good. > >BTW cr should also have prio 1 (same as base and updates) since when >it exists it also updates packages in base+updates. >___ YIKES -- to think I've had that mistake for years since WhiteBox Linux and never knewshu. Lots of other updates happened, and then a reboot to use a new Kernel, and finally KDE installed without a hitch. Yum/Priorities/Repos maintainer: Maybe there should be a suggestion, or "default" setting of priorities that at least does what the above suggests, or comments to that effect in the repo files so others won't make the same mistake I did. Thanks a lot David