On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 14:17 +0000, psmith wrote:
>> are you saying that packages that provide the same
functionality are chosen
>> to install by which has the shorter name?
>>
>
> yes that's how it work.
>
>
wow, that just seems so archaic!
There are actually a number of other factors that are considered and
given weight, shortest name is just one of those factors/weights that
are used to decide which package to pick.
If you have better suggestions, I'm sure the yum devs would love to hear
about it.
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