Re: yum-utils 1.1.7 released (Yum >= 3.1.1 Only)

On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 15:03 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > yum-utils 1.1.7 has been released.
> >
> Hi Tim,
> 
> I'm having a problem with yum-allowdowngrade.
> 
> # yum -d1 --allow-downgrade list tar
> Installed Packages
> tar.x86_64                               2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5    installed
> Available Packages
> tar.x86_64                               2:1.15.1-23.el5        base
> 
> # yum -d1 --allow-downgrade update tar-1.15.1-23.el5
> Could not find update match for tar-1.15.1-23.el5
> 
> # yum -d1 --allow-downgrade install tar-1.15.1-23.el5
> <no output>
> 
> However, yumdownloader + rpm -Uvh --oldpackage works
> 
> # yumdownloader -d2 tar-1.15.1-23.el5
> Loading "priorities" plugin
> Loading "skip-broken" plugin
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> logos                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> dag                       100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> testing                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> updates                   100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> local                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> 234 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
> tar-1.15.1-23.el5.x86_64. 100% |=========================| 749 kB    00:00
> 
> # rpm -Uvh --oldpackage tar-1.15.1-23.el5.x86_64.rpm
> warning: tar-1.15.1-23.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
> key ID 37017186
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:tar                    ###########################################
> [100%]
> 
> Is this how it's supposed to work?
> Using RHEL5 (customized for local environment), yum-3.2.5, yum-utils-1.1.7.
> 

no, it's not - I'm fairly sure allow-downgrade is broken and there's a
bug open about it. It's on my 'oh god this is going to suck' list of
things to look at.

-sv