yum, and 2 packages that provide the same thing

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Apr 18 13:02:25 UTC 2008


Stephen Warren wrote:

> Well, the obsoletes tag is required so that unison213 and unison227
> obsolete the old unison package, and hence replace it on yum update.

Imo,

Better to choose *1* of the new unison pkgs to Obsoletes the old one, using
something like:
Obsoletes: unison < %{version}-%{release}
Provides:  unison = %{version]-%{release}
presumably, putting this into the newer, unison227.

Better *yet* would've been to make unison213 only, and make the pkg unison =
version 227

-- Rex




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