On Friday 29 October 2004 10:33, seth vidal wrote: >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 My mistake then, I'd tried --obsoletes, and that failed. Now it appears I must add libxml to the yum.conf excludes also, see a message on the fedora-list, last nights update broke the half of the system that uses libxml2. That includes gftp etc. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.28% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
