On 10-02-23 19:11:18, Peter J. Stieber wrote: > On 10-02-23 11:46:51, PS = Pete Stieber wrote: > PS>> Making another attempt to explain my problem... > PS>> > PS>> After the F11 -> F12 preupgrade process, I have an > PS>> orphaned ALSA lib package... > PS>> ... > PS>> alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.fc11.x86_64 > PS>> ... > PS>> Package matching alsa-lib-1.0.22-2.fc12.x86_64 > PS>> already installed. > PS>> ... > > On 2/23/2010 1:46 PM, TN = Tony Nelson wrote: > TN> Note this is a lower version. > > Thanks Tony. I completely ignored this and was hung-up on the fc11 > vs. fc12 portion of the version. That's the least important part of the version scheme. ... > TN> 1) Wait. You already have a newer version. > > But I was hoping to use the non-orphaned fc12 version. The difference between alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.fc11.x86_64 and a hypothetical alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.fc12.x86_64 is the environment they were compiled in, as they start from the same source code. An update to alsa-lib in F12 would have a higher version and would replace the one you had. > TN> 2) Downgrade the package. See `man yum` for > TN> caveats. > > This worked. Thank you. And fortunately > > yum update > > does *not* update to the higher numbered fc11 version. ... That would only happen if the F11 repos were active, but in that case, the package would not have been an orphan. > BTW, It would be "I Dream of Jeannie freaky" if you were ever a Major > in the U.S. Air Force, but I'm sure you have heard that before ;-) I was USNavy Enlisted. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
