why i cannt only update pidgin through yum

[Ken YANG]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:29 +0800, Ken YANG wrote:
>> seth vidal wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:16 +0800, Ken YANG wrote:
>>>> i found i can not update pidgin to 2.1 through yum,
>>>> but there are not "pidgin exclude" in my yum conf file:
>>>>
>>>> exclude=kernel* python-virtinst* xen* xorg-x11-drv-nv
>>>> xorg-x11-drv-nouveau libraw1394
>>>>
>>>> my current pidgin is:
>>>>
>>>> pidgin-2.0.0-0.34.beta7devel.fc7.i386
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i'm in f8 rawhide, and my laptop is in same condition,
>>>> but that pidgin had updated to 2.1.
>>>>
>>>> can anyone give me some hints?
>>> is there a specific error you're receiving?
>> no error, i can update other things smoothly, e.g.
>> i just update today rawhide, including:
>>
>> glibc-2.6.90-10.i686
>> hardinfo-0.4.2.2-17.fc8.i386
>> rpm-4.4.2.1-8.fc8.i386
>> ......
>>
>>
>> but in the update list, there are not pidgin, and i
>> update only pidgin:
>>
>> yum update pidgin
>>
>> this still doesnt work, which told me "Could not find update match for
>> pidgin"
>>
> 
> that means there is no update for pidgin available in the repositories
> or mirrors you are using.
> 
> try this: yum list updates pidgin

thanks for your guide, vidal

the output of "yum list updates pidgin":

-(:10:43:$)-> sudo yum list updates pidgin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished


i think there are update of pidgin, i found the version of
pidgin in koji had been 2.1, and my laptop was also in F8
rawhide, whose pidgin had been 2.1

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