----- "Iain Arnell" <iarnell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:33:31 +0100 > > Iain Arnell <iarnell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Marcela Maslanova > >> <mmaslano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > This should test whether yum can handle lower version in main and > >> > higher in separated package (Module::Build). The update of > packages > >> > went fine if 'Obsoletes' is used in new package [2]. > >> > >> Aha. Of course - 'Obsoletes' is necessary, but not why you think. > The > >> problem here is that we may be moving from arch-dependent packages > >> (i.e. 1:perl-Module-Build-0.3500-110.fc13.x86_64) to noarch > packages > >> (i.e. 1:perl-Module-Build-0.3603-1.perltestrepo.noarch). Even > though > >> ENVR is higher in the noarch package, yum wont automatically update > >> from arch-dependant to noarch. > > > > That shouldn't be the case any more: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502401 > > (fixed in F-11, at least it's supposed to be) > > Hmmn. Confirmed - I have no problem with yum updating from current > 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.07-87.fc12.x86_64 in F12 to locally built > 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-1.fc12.noarch. Are you running some old version > of yum Marcela? > On F-13? No, I have yum-3.2.26-4.fc13.noarch. Maybe that's some side effect of my previous experiments. I'll try package more modules and check it on clean install. Pod::Simple passed even without 'Obsoletes' so that's probably not needed at all. Also I'll try to fix 'noarch' in perl.spec. Also ;-) If anyone want add/fix something on Drafts below, please do so. > > -- > Iain. > -- > Fedora Extras Perl SIG > http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl > perl-devel mailing list > perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/perl-devel -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl perl-devel mailing list perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/perl-devel