[rhelv6-list] EPEL History

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 07:29, Hearn, Stan J. <Stan.Hearn at nscorp.com> wrote:
>
> I just realized that the EPEL repository purges older versions of rpms periodically.
>
> For instance, the version of a package that I installed in July 2017 is no longer in the repository.  Without that version of the package being in the repository, I can't back out a newer version install.
>

What is the package you were needing? If it was in the repository it
should still be in the koji build system.


> I'd like to update several EPEL RPMs but if I don't know if I can back them out it is risky.
>
> What are my options?  I could create a reposync and this would solve it from today onward, but how can I access older versions?  Has someone already created a RHEL repo that keeps every package forever?
>

This can end up with problems but I will see if I can come up with a solution.

> Regards,
> Stan
>
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Stephen J Smoogen.