> The problem is that those two packages are breaking integrity of
> rpm repos, be it yum, apt or rpm -Fhv *.rpm. It is too bad this
> slipped through in older RH.
>
> What is yum's behaviour ("upgrade") in this case? Would it toggle the
> packages at each yum upgrade? Can such obsolete-loops be detected and
> the installed package preferred?
>
> I know apt cannot :(
> But yum could be smarter! :)
no, actually yum can't be smart - it would have to be a policy statement
of 'if foo obsoletes bar and bar obsoletes foo, then foo always wins'
and that isn't 'fixing it' it's just making a statement about whether I
like foo or bar better.
-sv
