On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 11:31 +0200, �vind Stegard wrote: > Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > In order to solve a nasty problem with xorg-x11 I installed xorg- > > x11-6.8.2-45 from rawhide. Now it has been released under the name of: > > xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45 and when trying to install this package using > > "yum update" I get: > > > > Transaction Check Error: package xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-45 (which is > > newer than xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45) is already installed > > > > As I am quite new with yum I don't know how to overcome this. What magic > > option will force the released version onto the system? > Look at list of files yum proposes to download/install, then download > them manually from > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/ > > Then (in the folder _only_ containing the newly downloaded xorg-rpms): > $ rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm > > .. to force install/update. > Thanks �vind, your recipe worked beautifully (using --oldpackage as advised). -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen
