yum 2.1.13 in updates-testing

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Sat Feb 5 15:07:39 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 09:34 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:20:06 -0500, Phil Schaffner
> <P.R.Schaffner at ieee.org> wrote:
> <snip>
> >   Update: synaptic.i386 0:0.55.3-2 - extras
> <snip>
> > Transaction Check Error:   package apt-0.5.15cnc6-53.4.rhfc3.at (which is newer than apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362) is already installed
> <snip>
> 
> Check the requirements of the synaptic yum wants to update
> check the provides of the apt you currently have installed.
> you have apt from atrpms installed...  you dont have atrpms in the yum
> repository information that you loaded....
> 
> Looks like a packaging conflict from using multiple repositories to
> me.  I don't see how this qualifies as a yum problem considering that
> yum isn't going to downgrade packages as a matter of design.
> 

It's still a bug - it should complain and moan about the problem rather
than appear to go through with it.

-sv





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