On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:25:28 -0400 (AST) John Broomfield <jbroomdip@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 03:28:05PM -0400, John Broomfield wrote: > > > all" and then simply "yum update rpm" which also fails. Find below > > > the whole output from it. > > .... > > > Updating: > > > prelink i686 0.4.2-2.fc12 > > > rawhide 955 k rpm i686 > > > 4.7.1-4.fc12 rawhide 825 k > > are seeing here "fc12" then you are in the wrong place. First you > > need to update rpm packages using Fedora 11 repos (updates, > > updates-testing, whatever) , i.e. with 'rawhide' repos _disabled_, > > and only then you can go back to rawhide. > > > > Michal > > Hi Michal and thanks for your patience with me. I've disabled the > rawhide now, and only getting from the updates-testing repos, but it > still shows fc12 in the name, and (as usual...) still bombs with the > same error. How do I force to take fc11 from the updates-testing > repos? (or shouldn't I be doing that?). Sorry for making a complete > fool of myself here... :( John. > I haven't been following this thread, and I don't completely understand the problem you are trying to work around, but if you want to install a specific old version of a package, why don't you go to the repository where it is, download it to your system, and use rpm to install it? rpm --force -Uvh name_of_package.rpm In your case the name of the package will be rpm-some-version.fc11, and it should overwrite the fc12 version on your system. This is actually doing an update, though I think install will work too, --force is the same as --oldpackage, --replacepkgs, --replacefiles. Maybe there is some reason that won't work in this case (are there incompatible files?). And using rpm like this isn't generally recommended. But it might get you out of your jam. A bigger sledgehammer is to use --nodeps as well, but that has severe consequences. man rpm -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
