yum update problem

[Timothy Murphy]

James Wilkinson wrote:

> Well, it looks like you've solved your problem another way.
> 
> But I'd have recommended grabbing your install media (if you're using
> CDs, pick the first one) and go
> cd /media/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS
> rpm -F --oldpackage python-2.3.4-11.i386.rpm
> and maybe
> rpm -F --oldpackage yum-2.1.11-3.noarch.rpm
> 
> which should get you back to the versions on the install media.

Are you sure that would work?
I would have thought I would get lots of depedemcy conflicts
next time I said "yum upgrade"?
(There were a fairly large number of packages updated
at the same time as python.)

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