F11 -> F12 preupgrade problem resulted in odd alsa loaded

Peter J. Stieber developer at toyon.com
Wed Feb 24 00:11:18 UTC 2010


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

On 2/23/2010 1:46 PM, TN = Tony Nelson wrote:
TN> Note this is a lower version.

Thanks Tony.  I completely ignored this and was hung-up on the fc11 vs. 
fc12 portion of the version.

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

TN> 1) Wait.  You already have a newer version.

But I was hoping to use the non-orphaned fc12 version.

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

This worked.  Thank you.  And fortunately

yum update

does *not* update to the higher numbered fc11 version.

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

I didn't need to do this.

Thanks again.

BTW, It would be "I Dream of Jeannie freaky" if you were ever a Major in 
the U.S. Air Force, but I'm sure you have heard that before ;-)

Pete



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