Thanks for being easy on me -- chalk it up to lack of caffeine. I was just reading the security notice and not paying attention. I have been having similar troubles for other packages however, but before asking more questions I will be sure I have my facts straight - -g On Mar 10, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 03/10/2011 01:43 PM, Geoffrey Smith wrote: >> Hello, >> >> First time here - thanks in advance for any advice. >> >> We are running an older fc11 system and are having yum problems. >> Trying to update openssl, and the rpm that we need >> (openssl-0.9.8k-1.fc11.x86_64.rpm) exists for download, but when I >> run >> yum list openssl we don't have the option to update our system. I >> have tried 'yum clean all' , 'rpm --rebuilddb', disabling then re- >> enabling the repo, and spend a great deal of time poking around the >> web, but no luck. >> >> uname -a: 2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Feb 11 07:06:34 >> UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> yum list yum: >> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit >> Installed Packages >> yum.noarch 3.2.24-2.fc11 >> >> yum list openssl: >> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit >> Installed Packages >> openssl.x86_64 >> 0.9.8n-2.fc11 @updates >> Available Packages >> openssl.i586 >> 0.9.8n-2.fc11 updates >> openssl.i686 >> 0.9.8n-2.fc11 updates >> >> Any other info that would help let me know. > > The version you have installed (0.9.8n-2.fc11) is newer than what > you want to install (0.9.8k-1.fc11). > > => you can't update to an older version. > > Apart of this, I am having difficulties to imagine why one would > want to use the older version. > > Ralf > > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines