On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 14:32 -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > Finally yum worked today. I wish it did not! > It dl'd 36 packages, including mysql 3.x although this server is > actively running mysql 4.1x. > Everything with yum seemed perfect, when I happened to glance at the > screen as yum listed "deleted mysql" on the console. I said to myself, > "nah, can't be". BUT, it did! NO TRACE of mysql is on the system! In > the yum cache the 3.x rpm sits, the client programs are there, but NO > SERVER. No related files or service. (#'service mysql start' reports > "mysql: unrecognized service". > I do have my data, thank god. > Running FC3 latest kernel (yum updated it today) on a 1.6ghz Dell > 4500s with 1 gig ram. > > 1. WHY did yum do this?! 1B. Especially that mysql service was ACTIVE > at the time! What about my users!??? It did exactly as you asked it to, sorry. :-( Yum uses the package list for the distro. You introduced foreign packages to FC3 and it didn't react well. This is not yum's fault (although I am surprised it removed anything without replacing it with the stock 3.x RPMs). > 2. HOW do I prevent this from happening again? RTFM, specifically the one on yum.conf, especially the bit under [main] OPTIONS titled "exclude." > 3. Should I DUMP yum? Nope. I would say you should learn how to use it correctly, though. The man page and the various HOWTOs on the 'Net are very useful. Cheers, Thomas
