Problem with today's "yum update"

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:

>On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:43:25 -0400, Robert L Cochran
><bobtest at lingpgmr.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>How do I deal with this error as a result of running
>>
>>'yum -y --obsoletes update':
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>>Transaction Check Error: package katana-1.0.4-4 is already installed
>>    
>>
>
>How do you deal with it?
>First... stop using -y  option so you can review the list of packages
>that yum wants to install/upgrade.
>  
>

gnome-terminal:
scroll up|down

tty:
[shift]+[pgup|pgdown]

perhaps:
yum -y update | mail -s yum root

later:
/var/log/yum.log


sorry,
i will not stand up at 03:00 just for pressing [y]

><soapbox>
>I think its unwise for anyone using development packages to be using
>the -y option and skipping the package list reviewing phase. If you
>are using test releases and development packages you need to be very
>aware of what you are installing, so you have a hope of narrowing down
>problems when not if they occur.
></soapbox>
>  
>

i think it is unwise to use -y in a production environment

>Second... yum seems to be saying that katana package is already
>installed. Is it?
>Is the version of katana installed older than the version yum wants to install?
>
>-jef
>

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shrek-m