yum downgrade?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Jonathan Underwood wrote:
> On 09/06/06, Knute Johnson <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:
>> There was a recent update to dovecot that caused it to not work.  I
>> used yum and deleted the new one and installed the older version.  It
>> works fine now.  My question is what will yum automatically update
>> dovecot the next time it is run?  Do I need to set something to
>> prevent that from happening?  How do I know that there is a fix
>> version available if I've disabled updating for dovecot?
> 
> There have been several reports that dovecot doesn't work because the
> update configuration file is different, but is installed as
> /etc/dovecot.conf.rpmnew. If you backup /etc/dovecot.conf to a
> different name, rename /etc/dovecot.conf.rpmnew to /etc/dovecot.conf
> and re-enter your config details into the new config file, you may
> well find the updated dovecot works for you. And if not, then it's
> bugzilla time :)
> 
> J.
> 
I would think it would be bugzilla time in any case. My
understanding is that if the config file format changes, the old
config file gets renamed *.rpmsave and the new config file gets
installed. But I have not been on the RPM list for a long time, so I
could be wrong about this...

Mikkel
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