Re: [CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5

2010-08-12 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Nick wrote: > To: centos@centos.org > From: Nick > Subject: Re: [CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5 > > On 10/08/10 17:52, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> 1. yum check-updates and yum update do *not* warn you of an impending >>>

Re: [CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5

2010-08-11 Thread Nick
On 10/08/10 17:52, Keith Roberts wrote: >> 1. yum check-updates and yum update do *not* warn you of an impending >>unresolved dependency caused by YP hiding the required package. >> >> It seems the only way to find out is if you go ahead and try and perform the >> update, which potentially leav

Re: [CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5

2010-08-10 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Nick wrote: > To: centos@centos.org > From: Nick > Subject: [CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5 > > Hello, > > Many of you will have read this page, with its (somewhat ambiguous) > endorsement > of yum_priorities:

[CentOS] problems with yum_priorities on CentOS5/RHEL5

2010-08-10 Thread Nick
Hello, Many of you will have read this page, with its (somewhat ambiguous) endorsement of yum_priorities: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge As I gather has been stated before on the centos list [1], that quote stops short of outlining what exactly is wrong with yu