On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 16:42 +0100, Dominik Epple wrote: > Hi List, > > > on a x86_64 CentOS 5 machine: > > When trying to install the SUN jre RPM using > > # yum localinstall jre-1.6.0_04-fcs.i586.rpm > > yum decides to deinstall java-1.4.2-gcj-compat after the (successful) > installation of the jre. Why does yum do that? I just can not > find out which metadata information in the jre package leads to the > deinstallation of java-1.4.2-gcj-compat. > The weirdness here has to do with a deeply confusing subject called 'implicit obsoletes' it happens on certain older rpm versions, of which I believe centos5/rhel5 is running. explaining it makes my brain hurt -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
