> Ah. configparser issue. Ok, I can live with that, and will dream no > more. More important to me, though, is for the last repository in the > list to trump all earlier repositories (alphabetical is OK...I've been > doing it this long and it hasn't hurt me none). It kind of botches the > way I'm using yum for it to work this way when installing new packages, > but when replacing and existing package it keeps the 'newer' one based > on version or epoch. I don't understand what you mean here. Can you explain your issue a bit more? Did you want yum to "update" the packages to older versions? like --oldpackage or something? > I suppose I could rethink my package versioning and the way I'm using > yum, to include epochs to force this kind of behavior at the package > level. I fear that way will lead to madness...I have a multi-tiered > method of deploying software and bundles of software, and it makes my > head hurt to think of some way to epoch this without breaking previous > deployments. And epochs make me itchy. I don't like packages getting > uppity with me and acting all newer than one that I can clearly see has > a more recent version number. ;-) Do not use epochs lightly. Once you start down that path it is difficult and sometimes impossible to return. -sv
