Re: [CentOS] YUM and installing older versions of software.

2008-06-19 Thread Laurence Alexander Hurst
James B. Byrne wrote: How does one specify a particular version of a software package to yum to install? Is this even possible? What happens to superceded pacjkages in repos? Are they simple removed/discarded? yum install package-X.Y.Z-A.el5 ??? The reason I ask is if a yum update goes awry

Re: [CentOS] YUM and installing older versions of software.

2008-06-19 Thread MHR
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Laurence Alexander Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've spent some time struggling with this issue too. The current version of yum will let you specify an older version (as detailed in the man page) and install it - but you then have to be very careful with your

[CentOS] YUM and installing older versions of software.

2008-06-18 Thread James B. Byrne
How does one specify a particular version of a software package to yum to install? Is this even possible? What happens to superceded pacjkages in repos? Are they simple removed/discarded? yum install package-X.Y.Z-A.el5 ??? The reason I ask is if a yum update goes awry for some reason then how

Re: [CentOS] YUM and installing older versions of software.

2008-06-18 Thread Ralph Angenendt
James B. Byrne wrote: How does one specify a particular version of a software package to yum to install? Is this even possible? What happens to superceded pacjkages in repos? Are they simple removed/discarded? yum install package-X.Y.Z-A.el5 ??? The yum version in 5.2 will have a