On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:06 PM, fred smith
<fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> =============================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> =============================================================================
> Updating:
> openoffice.org-base i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 868 k
>
> what I'd like to know is why does it think it needs to update all those
> openoffice packages? They don't exist on the machine anymore, I removed
> all of 'em.
The upstream and CentOS openoffice packages provide the same files and
use an epoch value ( the 1: in the version string you see above)
This value is basically rpm's way of forcing a lower version number to
be considered an upgrade.
> How can I get it to stop doing this?
You'll have to add an exclude=openoffice* line to your yum.conf or
base and updates repositories.
--
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George Orwell
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