A while ago in: http://lists.baseurl.org/pipermail/yum/2012-June/023859.html I asked about Yum's refusal to install an older kernel package: Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64) is already installed The reason kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64 is even being considered for installation is because a given kernel modules package requires it with: kernel = 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo But clearly this confuses Yum since it doesn't want to install the older kernel package. I was told back then in: This message is from rpm. Which means that yum/rpm is treating the "kernel" package as a normal package and not as an "installonly" package. Something seems badly configured. And indeed, if I try to just use RPM to install this kernel, I get the same error: # rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6_foo.x86_64) is already installed But! RPM has an option, "--oldpackage" that allows to me tell it that installing an older package is OK. Yum doesn't seem to have any equivalent that I can see. Or does it? Cheers, b.
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