Depending on an older package breaks yum update

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Hi all,

(I tried to post a trac ticket but got a permissions issue...)

Basically, if I have package foo that requires package bar version 1, and
version 2 is available in the repository, I would expect yum's dependency
resolution to simply hold bar back at version 1. What happens instead is
when I try to run a yum update, yum finds the newer version of bar,
realizes that it will break foo's requirement, and gives up (suggesting I
re-run with --skip-broken).

It's possible to work around this by installing the versionlock plugin and
using that to blacklist newer versions of bar, but I feel like yum should
just resolve the dependency tree.

(I can give reproduction steps if needed but I don't want to spam the list.=
)

Thank you,
Jonathan

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>(I tried to post a trac ticket =
but got a permissions issue...)</div><div><br></div><div>Basically, if I ha=
ve package foo that requires package bar version 1, and version 2 is availa=
ble in the repository, I would expect yum&#39;s dependency resolution to si=
mply hold bar back at version 1. What happens instead is when I try to run =
a yum update, yum finds the newer version of bar, realizes that it will bre=
ak foo&#39;s requirement, and gives up (suggesting I re-run with --skip-bro=
ken).</div><div><br></div><div>It&#39;s possible to work around this by ins=
talling the versionlock plugin and using that to blacklist newer versions o=
f bar, but I feel like yum should just resolve the dependency tree.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>(I can give reproduction steps if needed but I don&#39;t =
want to spam the list.)</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Jonat=
han</div></div>

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