yum-3.2.20-4.fc9 error

Seth Vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Fri Dec 5 16:56:01 UTC 2008



On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Joshua C. wrote:

> 2008/12/5 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org>:
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Joshua C. wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't want to set obsolete=1
>>
>> why not?
>>
>> -sv
>
> I don't want to install packages based on someone else's idea that he
> knows (better than I) what I should "like" and be "good" for me.

Obsoletes in fedora don't work like that. Obsoletes aren't about 'this pkg 
is better than this other one'. It's about 'we have removed or renamed 
this other package, this is what you will need to continue using (and/or 
stay secure) for this feature'.

-sv




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