On Wednesday 28 April 2010, JD wrote: > On 04/28/2010 01:12 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 April 2010, David Baron wrote: > >> Maybe it is time for the (Debian/Ubuntu) installers to install over > >> previous versions. > > > > This is by intension. You can install a 3.1.x package over another > > 3.1.x package not (for instance) a 3.2.x package over a 3.1.x > > package. The reason is to have packages of different VBox branches > > in the same repository so a user can decide to either stay at the > > last stable 3.1.x package or to switch to 3.2.0 when released. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Frank > > I had tried to do rpm -Uvh, but that did not work, > the way it does with all other Fedora rpm packages > - because VBox uses a different package naming convention??
Same reason as for the Debian packages: Upgrading with -U will work between 3.1.x releases but not from 3.1.x to 3.2.x. This makes it possible to have VBox 3.1.x and VBox 3.2.x in the same repository. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht München: HRB 161028 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz
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