On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 23:00 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > > yum install libnet > > > libnet10 is chosen, while chosing libnet-devel would have seemed more > > > appropriate to me, since libnet10 provides 1.0.2a-11 while libnet-devel > > > provides libnet 1.1.2.1-9. Is it a feature or a bug? In case it is not a bug > > > what is the correct way to handle my case? > > > it's a 'feature' of a sort. when dealing with equally as good different-named provides of a dependency yum does: 1. closest arch to the arch of the system 2. shortest name of the package it's #2 where libnet10 is being grabbed. change the dep so libnet-devel is pulled in specifically. -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
