On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Alfredo Kengi Kojima wrote: > > > Another problem I've noticed is that when a obsoleted package > > is requested to be installed, it ends up trying to install it, > > but fails when rpm is invoked. > > What defines an obsolete package? All packages from package files not > tagged NotSource are assumed to be installable - though the acquire bit > should freak out when it realizes it cannot find a file name. > An obsolete package is one that is mentioned in the Replaces field (or Obsoletes in rpm) of another package. I think in such case the correct behaviour would be to not let it be installed. -- Alfredo
