On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 18:06 -0600, quellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > I have a RHEL 5 system which is subscribed to the Red Hat Network for system > updates and also attached to a local yum repository. In this local repository > I have a custom-rolled rpm for netqmail, which we use on other machines in our > site. > > When I attempt to install postfix on the system, it doesn't exactly perform as > expected: > > > [root@somehost ~]# yum install postfix > > Loading "security" plugin > > Loading "rhnplugin" plugin > > somehost.local-instal 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > > rhel-x86_64-client-w 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 > > rhel-x86_64-client-s 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 > > somehost-install 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > > rhel-x86_64-client-5 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 > > rhn-tools-rhel-x86_6 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 > > Excluding Packages in global exclude list > > Finished > > Setting up Install Process > > Parsing package install arguments > > Resolving Dependencies > > --> Running transaction check > > ---> Package netqmail.x86_64 0:1.05-SEC.1_FC6 set to be updated > > --> Processing Dependency: ucspi-tcp >= 0.88 for package: netqmail > > --> Processing Dependency: daemontools >= 0.76 for package: netqmail > > --> Running transaction check > > ---> Package daemontools.x86_64 0:0.76-SEC.25_FC6 set to be updated > > ---> Package ucspi-tcp.x86_64 0:0.88-SEC.16_FC6 set to be updated > > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > > > > Dependencies Resolved > > > > ============================================================================= > > Package Arch Version Repository Size > > ============================================================================= > > Installing: > > netqmail x86_64 1.05-SEC.1_FC6 somehost-install 405 k > > Installing for dependencies: > > daemontools x86_64 0.76-SEC.25_FC6 somehost-install 63 k > > ucspi-tcp x86_64 0.88-SEC.16_FC6 somehost-install 89 k > > > > Transaction Summary > > ============================================================================= > > Install 3 Package(s) > > Update 0 Package(s) > > Remove 0 Package(s) > > > > Total download size: 558 k > > Is this ok [y/N]: > > As you can see, it tries to install netqmail from the local repos instead. > > I've done a "yum clean all" and even completely wiped out /var/cache/yum, but > the behavior is consistent unless I take the drastic measure of completely > removing netqmail from my local repositories. Then yum finds and installs > postfix from the Red Hat Network repos. > > All I can figure is that yum is preferentially looking for a capability match > here (netqmail being an alternative mail package to postfix) rather than > looking for an exact package name match. If this is the case, is there any way > to disable this? > run this: yum list obsoletes on a system w/o netqmail installed. or on a system with netqmail installed run: rpm -q --obsoletes netqmail I think you'll find your culprit. -sv -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
