Re: Upgrade perl; package conflict

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On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 15:41 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> >>> Thanks again for your help!!!
> >> is it possible that you have extras set at a different priority than 
> >> base ... you also have the protectbase installed along with priorities 
> >> (not recommended).
> >>
> >> You should have these settings for [extras], [base] and [updates] 
> >> sections in CentOS-Base.repo:
> >>
> >> priority=1
> >> protect=1
> >>
> >> You should also (after properly configuring your repo files), use 
> >> yum-priorities and remove yum-protectbase.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> > 
> > Johnny,
> >  
> > That fixed the problem.  I had the Extras as set to a priority of 2.  I
> > also disabled protectbase.  Can you comment about the use "protectbase"
> > When should it be used?
> > 
> > Thank you much for your help!!!
> 
> Protectbase is basically priorities with only 2 options ... 1 and 0
> 
> Priorities is the same thing with 1 to 99 as options
> 
> So, if you need more control than protected and unprotected, then you 
> want to use priorities.
> 
> Here is more info on each:
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/ProtectBase
> 
> _______________________________________________

Good explanations... thanks much for the links !!!!
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