F11 -> F12 preupgrade problem resulted in odd alsa loaded

[Tony Nelson]

On 10-02-23 11:46:51, Peter J. Stieber wrote:
> Making another attempt to explain my problem...
> 
> After the F11 -> F12 preupgrade process, I have an orphaned ALSA lib 
> package...
 ...
> alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.fc11.x86_64
 ...
> Package matching alsa-lib-1.0.22-2.fc12.x86_64 already installed. 
 ...

Note this is a lower version.

> How can I upgrade alsa-lib to the Fedora 12 version without having to 
> remember the other > 100 packages I would have to reinstall?

1) Wait.  You already have a newer version.

2) Downgrade the package.  See `man yum` for caveats.

3) Download the package with yumdownloader and install it with RPM (see 
--oldpackage).

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