how to have yum prefer one dependency over others

[Kevin Kofler]

tim.lauridsen at gmail.com wrote:
> <trolling>
> Why don't you just replace rpm, with deb too, while you are at it ?
> </trolling>

* Because dpkg is missing essential RPM features (e.g. file and soname 
dependencies).

* Because replacing RPM essentially means creating a new distribution, 
whereas the depsolver can be easily replaced, and in fact you can even use 
multiple depsolvers on the same machine at the same time (well, you can't do 
the transactions simultaneously, obviously, but you can have both installed 
and use one or the other as you see fit).

Sorry, couldn't resist feeding the troll. ;-)

        Kevin Kofler