Re: Possible failure when checking "Updates" repository

[Bryan J Smith <bjs redhat com>]

On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 19:36 +0100, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> Hi,
> Now that in anaconda, during package selection, you can enable the 
> "Updates" repository for a given release, has anyone thought of the 
> following scenario?
> - You select/enable the "Updates" repository
> - Included in your selection of packages is package foo, available in 
> both the "Fedora/" repository as well as the "Updates" repository
> - Package foo (from "Updates") now requires package bar, which is in 
> "Everything/" (not in "Fedora/"), but hasn't been updated since GA (e.g, 
> is not available in the "Updates" repository)
> This would cause failed dependencies if the "Updates" repository is 
> enabled during installation, also enable the "Everything" repository.
> Let me know if this doesn't make any sense.

I've had this exact issue when trying to install RHEL 4.7 or 5.2 with an
"updates" repository that has pre-4.7 or 5.2, respectively, because of
the Firefox 1.5 -> XULRunner 1.9 + Firefox 3.0 split.


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