Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Vandaman
Tim Nelson wrote: Hello fellow CentOS'ers- I'm trying to install a package from a not-to-be-named repository (privately operated for some proprietary software). They currently have a package I need but offer multiple versions. However, if I simply 'yum install packagename' it defaults to

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Vandaman wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:31:36 + (GMT): Why would the admin of the un-named repo include two versions unless one could be an update/bugfix? So, what? Isn't he entitled to say no to an update if he knows there is a problem on his setup with it? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin,

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Vandaman wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:31:36 + (GMT): Why would the admin of the un-named repo include two versions unless one could be an update/bugfix? So, what? Isn't he entitled to say no to an update if he knows there is a problem on his setup with it? Yes,

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Scott Silva
on 1-7-2009 10:00 AM Kai Schaetzl spake the following: Vandaman wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:31:36 + (GMT): Why would the admin of the un-named repo include two versions unless one could be an update/bugfix? So, what? Isn't he entitled to say no to an update if he knows there is a

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Tim Nelson
- Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 1-7-2009 10:00 AM Kai Schaetzl spake the following: Vandaman wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:31:36 + (GMT): Why would the admin of the un-named repo include two versions unless one could be an update/bugfix? So, what? Isn't he entitled

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Scott Silva wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:48:03 -0800: Yes, but yum needs a little coercion to ignore that update. You would have to exclude that package after you got the older one installed so it didn't update. Of course, but this wasn't the point of V. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-06 Thread Scott Silva
on 1-6-2009 2:26 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: Hello fellow CentOS'ers- I'm trying to install a package from a not-to-be-named repository (privately operated for some proprietary software). They currently have a package I need but offer multiple versions. However, if I simply 'yum

Re: [CentOS] Yum Issue.. Installing Older Package Version

2009-01-06 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Tim Nelson wrote on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:26:17 -0600 (CST): 'yum install packagename' yum install packagename-version (whatever convention they use for their packages) Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com