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

[Dries Verachtert]

On Thursday April 5 2007, Shad L. Lords wrote:
> >> 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
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I'm aware of how to manually get the rpms to
> install.  I'm a developer for SME Server and we are looking to move our
> base to COS5.  We currently use rpmforge packages if they exist to assist
> in us not having to build packages.  I'm pushing potential issues upstream
> to attempt to assist both our user base and also others that use rpmforge
> packages.

Hello,
Both spec files are updated now, so the problem should be fixed when new rpms 
are built. Thanks for letting us now.
kind regards,
Dries