smart package mgr question?

[Kam Leo]

On 9/30/06, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote:
> On Sat September 30 2006 3:57 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > My point being that smart didn't show me a cups upgrade at
> > all, only downgrades, while yumex just got done with 168 megs
> > of upgrades w/o any apparent problems. Including cups and
> > friends from whatever to 1.1.2-4.1-1.
>
> I don't usually accept the downgrades when they're offered, but,
> I have found those situations useful for other reasons. I'd
> still bet some other package was being modified that could only
> work by reverting your cups, and it gave you that choice. As to
> comparing to Yum, it's almost surely the case that Yum did not
> hit the same mirrors as Smart, and even if it did, it did so at
> a different point in time. I have found plenty of weirdness with
> yum as well, but my general view now is wait - 90% or more of
> issues that come up during updating will be fixed by waiting a
> while.
> --
> Claude Jones
> Brunswick, Md, USA
>

This problem normally occurs when the repositories for smart are not
the same as those set up for yum.