Issues updating from update repo on Fedora7

[Peter Robinson]

> > [root at localhost ~]# yum list pidgin
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Installed Packages
> > pidgin.i386 2:2.0.0-0.34.beta7deve installed
> > Available Packages
> > pidgin.i386 2.0.1-1.fc7 updates
> >
> > but it comes back with a all up to date.
> > [root at localhost ~]# yum update
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Setting up Update Process
> > No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
> > [root at localhost ~]#
> >
> > I'm done a "yum clean all" to no avail. Its rather annoying. Any
> > ideas/suggestions?
>
> You had pidgin installed during rawhide when it had an epoch.  We dropped the
> epoch as only a small window of rawhide users were effected.  You can remove
> your current pidgin then install again and it will pick up the newer pidgin
> sans epoch.

Pidgin was just an example. There are no updates coming down from the
updates repo even though there were a reasonable amount of update
packages posted to the list after F7 was released.

Peter