yum-3.2.20-4.fc9 error

Joshua C. joshuacov at googlemail.com
Fri Dec 19 01:27:02 UTC 2008


2008/12/5 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org>:
>
>
> 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
>

 I enabled them. I had a problem with an incompatible package that
didn't have an update. the offending package was renamed and therefore
yum couldn't find it. but no it is ok. obsoletes=1

--joshua




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