C5 yum-priorities update

Hi all,

A new version of the yum-priority plugin for CentOS 5
(x86/86_64) is now
available through the CentOS 5 testing repository[1]. This
version
fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken by a upstream
multi-arch
patch. We'd like to hear if this version works well, and
whether
obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can test this by
performing the
following steps:

- Installing the updated plugin.
- Add a repository with obsoletes (e.g. RPMFore or ATRPMS),
and make 
  sure that it has a lower priority (thus a higher priority
number)
  than the CentOS repositories.
- Make sure that /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf has
the following
  line:

check_obsoletes = 1

- A subsequent "yum update" should not
install/updates any packages
  from these repositories.

The results are most interesting on machines with a high
number of
installed packages (since that would potentially hit an
obsolete
earlier). There should be no regressions in normal plugin
behavior aw
well. Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can
be found
on the CentOS Wiki at:

http://wiki.cento
s.org/Repositories

Thanks,
Daniel

[1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm


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Daniel de Kok wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A new version of the yum-priority plugin for CentOS 5
(x86/86_64) is now
> available through the CentOS 5 testing repository[1].
This version
> fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken by a
upstream multi-arch
> patch. We'd like to hear if this version works well,
and whether
> obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can test this by
performing the
> following steps:
>
> - Installing the updated plugin.
> - Add a repository with obsoletes (e.g. RPMFore or
ATRPMS), and make 
>   sure that it has a lower priority (thus a higher
priority number)
>   than the CentOS repositories.
> - Make sure that /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf
has the following
>   line:
>
> check_obsoletes = 1
>
> - A subsequent "yum update" should not
install/updates any packages
>   from these repositories.
>
> The results are most interesting on machines with a
high number of
> installed packages (since that would potentially hit an
obsolete
> earlier). There should be no regressions in normal
plugin behavior aw
> well. Information on using the CentOS Testing
repository can be found
> on the CentOS Wiki at:
>
> http://wiki.cento
s.org/Repositories
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
> [1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
>
>
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Hi Daniel
Is the changes something there need to be included in
yum-utils upstream ???

Tim
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Hi Tim,

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 13:23 +0200, Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> Is the changes something there need to be included in
yum-utils upstream ???

No, this is based on the patch that I had submitted, and
that you did
commit already. But we still have yum-utils 1.0.4 in C5, so
we have to
fix it there too ;).

-- Daniel

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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:19 +0200, Daniel de Kok wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A new version of the yum-priority plugin for CentOS 5
(x86/86_64) is now
> available through the CentOS 5 testing repository[1].
This version
> fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken by a
upstream multi-arch
> patch. We'd like to hear if this version works well,
and whether
> obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can test this by
performing the
> following steps:
> 
> - Installing the updated plugin.
> - Add a repository with obsoletes (e.g. RPMFore or
ATRPMS), and make 
>   sure that it has a lower priority (thus a higher
priority number)
>   than the CentOS repositories.
> - Make sure that /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf
has the following
>   line:
> 
> check_obsoletes = 1
> 
> - A subsequent "yum update" should not
install/updates any packages
>   from these repositories.
> 
> The results are most interesting on machines with a
high number of
> installed packages (since that would potentially hit an
obsolete
> earlier). There should be no regressions in normal
plugin behavior aw
> well. Information on using the CentOS Testing
repository can be found
> on the CentOS Wiki at:
> 
> http://wiki.cento
s.org/Repositories
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
> [1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

Installed the update and ran yum update with
atrpms/testing/bleeding,
rpmforge, epel, adobe-linux-i386, centosplus, centos extras,
centos
addons, and a local repo with a lot of custom/fedora-extras
packages
enabled and priorities set. This machine has a lot of
3rd-party and
locally-built packages, so should be pretty close to a worst
case (or
best-case for testing) and everything worked fine.  No
additional
updates were installed and no errors.

Phil


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On 8/31/07, Daniel de Kok <danielcentos.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A new version of the yum-priority plugin for CentOS 5
(x86/86_64) is now
> available through the CentOS 5 testing repository[1].
This version
> fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken by a
upstream multi-arch
> patch. We'd like to hear if this version works well,
and whether
> obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can test this by
performing the
> following steps:

> The results are most interesting on machines with a
high number of
> installed packages (since that would potentially hit an
obsolete
> earlier). There should be no regressions in normal
plugin behavior aw
> well. Information on using the CentOS Testing
repository can be found
> on the CentOS Wiki at:

> [1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

Installed and tested fine on an x86_64 box.  The only
odditity was
(this is probably just me) that even with the
--enablerepo=c5-testing
flag, yum did not pull this version and I needed to get it
manually.

Akemi
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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 09:33 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> Installed and tested fine on an x86_64 box.  The only
odditity was
> (this is probably just me) that even with the
--enablerepo=c5-testing
> flag, yum did not pull this version and I needed to get
it manually.

Maybe c5-testing has a lower priority than base, and that
keeps the
update out?

-- Daniel


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On 8/31/07, Daniel de Kok <danielcentos.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 09:33 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > Installed and tested fine on an x86_64 box.  The
only odditity was
> > (this is probably just me) that even with the
--enablerepo=c5-testing
> > flag, yum did not pull this version and I needed
to get it manually.
>
> Maybe c5-testing has a lower priority than base, and
that keeps the
> update out?
>
> -- Daniel

That was apparently the case.

Akemi
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Am Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:33:46 -0700
schrieb "Akemi Yagi" <amyagigmail.com>:

> On 8/31/07, Daniel de Kok <danielcentos.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A new version of the yum-priority plugin for
CentOS 5 (x86/86_64)
> > is now available through the CentOS 5 testing
repository[1]. This
> > version fixes obsoletes handling, which was broken
by a upstream
> > multi-arch patch. We'd like to hear if this
version works well, and
> > whether obsoletes are correctly excluded. You can
test this by
> > performing the following steps:
> 
> > The results are most interesting on machines with
a high number of
> > installed packages (since that would potentially
hit an obsolete
> > earlier). There should be no regressions in normal
plugin behavior
> > aw well. Information on using the CentOS Testing
repository can be
> > found on the CentOS Wiki at:
> 
> > [1] yum-priorities-1.0.4-7.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
> 
> Installed and tested fine on an x86_64 box.  The only
odditity was
> (this is probably just me) that even with the
--enablerepo=c5-testing
> flag, yum did not pull this version and I needed to get
it manually.
> 
Did you set priority=1 for the testing repo? Otherwise it
can't find
updates in testing because testing has a lower priority than
base 

Regards

Heiko

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On 8/31/07, Heiko Adams <heiko.adamsgmail.com> wrote:
> Am Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:33:46 -0700
> schrieb "Akemi Yagi" <amyagigmail.com>:

> > Installed and tested fine on an x86_64 box.  The
only odditity was
> > (this is probably just me) that even with the
--enablerepo=c5-testing
> > flag, yum did not pull this version and I needed
to get it manually.
> >
> Did you set priority=1 for the testing repo? Otherwise
it can't find
> updates in testing because testing has a lower priority
than base 

What I should have done was to use --disablerepo=base.

Akemi
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