Not sure if you got your question answered... 

You need to delete the current version (via yum) and then specifically 
re-install the version you want by specifying the full name including version.

HTH 
-Mike


> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:00:39 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: how to revert from a new version to an older one (CDH3)?
> To: [email protected]
> 
> I want to replace a new CDH version 0.20.2+320 with an older one 0.20.2+228. 
> 
> "yum downgrade" reports that version can only be upgraded. I also didn't find 
> a way to yum install the older version.
> 
> I guess I can download tar ball of the old version and extract it to where 
> the new version is installed and overwrite it. But seems not a good solution 
> because it might have negative impact on upgrading in the future.
> 
> So, what is the best way to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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