[users] Re: el4 packages taking precedence over el5 packages

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

> I've noticed a few packages in el4 stream that are not being upgraded to the
> el5 stream.  The reason seems to be because of a missing .2 in the release.
> There may be more packages but the ones I'm aware of so far are the
> following:
> 
> oidentd-2.0.7-4.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
> oidentd-2.0.7-4.2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
> oidentd-2.0.7-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
> oidentd-2.0.7-4.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
> 
> perl-Error-0.15-2.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm
> perl-Error-0.15-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm
> 
> Can new versions of these packages be rolled so when applied to a system
> that has been upgraded from el4 to el5 the el5 version of the packages will
> be pulled?


you could (should?) use rpm -Uvh --oldpackage for each package, as 
recommended in
http://wiki.centos.org/Migration/5

cheers
Nicolas