On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 14:42 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 13:08 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > > > > > (or you can remove the package with rpm -e kernel-smp-devel ... then > > > > > > > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.i686 > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64 ) > > > > > > I found the updates repo shortly after sending the first email. I > > > followed your second suggestion and was able to have "yum install" see > > > it after removing the old package. > > > > > > Why is the "rpm -e" required? It seems like I should be able to do > > > "yum update" and specify the package version as long as it is newer > > > than what is currently installed. > > > > > > > Yum has no option to install an older file on top of a newer file > > > > An update probably installed the 34.0.2.EL-xxxx-devel file ... so 34.0.1 > > will never install instead of the newer one. > > The installed package was older. I have already removed the package > on the system I was working with, but here is an example from another > one that is identical except for being x86_64 instead of i686. > > # yum info installed kernel-smp-devel > Installed Packages > Name : kernel-smp-devel > Arch : x86_64 > Version: 2.6.9 > Release: 34.EL > Size : 11 M > Repo : installed > > # yum update kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > Reading repository metadata in from local files > Could not find update match for kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL > No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion > > I have verified that the package does exist in the repo: > > kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > It looks like a "yum update" will only update to the newest package > version. yum install should install a newer ... but not necessarily the newest package (I think) :)
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