seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 15:31 +0900, Naoki wrote: >> The docs don't mention anything about it but I'm wondering if yum can >> handle this sort of functionality : >> >> rpm -Uvh --oldpackage http://kickstart/blah/name >> >> Right now it seems yum can install a specific version of a package, >> but it can't 'rollback' to a version if that RPM is already installed. >> >> I'm guessing that's pretty easy for yum to do so maybe it already can >> and I'm missing something? > > installing an older version is not supported in yum. > > it could be - but I'm just not sure how happy we should be about > supporting that process. It is fairly dangerous. It can be fairly important - if the newest package breaks something, it's good to be able to easily install an older version, or a version between the current version and the newest. It's ok if a special incantation is needed to force yum to act that way, but if the only way to get an older package is to go directly to RPM, I think that's less than optimal. -RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
