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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:16:36 -0500
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Jaroslaw Polok wrote:
> Troy Dawson wrote:
> 
>> Troy Dawson wrote:
>>
> [...]
> 
>> Hi Jarek,
>> Sorry for the delay in replying to this.  Especially when we're 
>> releasing.  But the end result is that we're sticking with 
>> yum-2.0.7-11.SL.
>>
>> In your tests, you never actually said 'Y' to it.  If you had you 
>> would find that when Yum says "Update" it means Update in the same 
>> sense that rpm says Update.  That is, if there is something older, 
>> then it will really update it, but if that something isn't even 
>> installed, then it will just install it.
>> So yum was working correctly, but I will admit that it is a little 
>> confusing saying 'Update' when it's really an 'Install'  But anyway, 
>> here is the test of yum-2.0.7-11.SL  (with alot of details taken out, 
>> which I have if you want)
> 
> 
> I'm terribly sorry to cause the additional (and unnecessary ..)
> work for you ..
> 
> Apparently what happened is that I fully tested with 2.0.9
> and then assumed that yum 2.0.11 will behave the same ...
> 
> My fault ... too much autosuggestion :-(
> 
> Thanks for testing this.
> 
> Jarek
> 

It actually wasn't too much trouble.  It helped me learn more about what 
is going on in yum.  They say you learn something new everyday ... and 
that was what I learned that day ;)

Troy
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