On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 10:29, mw-list-yum@xxxxxx wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 06:24:25AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > > don't shun using "force" to install or remove packages or individual > > files. > > He previously installed the latest version of yum, and then realized > this new version does not work with header files, so he had to revert. you don't need to --force, though. rpm -Uvh --oldpackage will do the trick just fine. -sv