Is there a way to force an update/upgrade in yum?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 01.08.2013 22:51, schrieb Joe Zeff:
> There's one package that I can't get upgraded, and it's driving me up the wall because every time I run an update
> via yum or yumex, I have to remember to exclude it: firefox.  Here's the results of my latest try:
> 
> Transaction check error:
> file /usr/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences from install of firefox-22.0-1.fc19.i686 conflicts with file
> from package firefox-22.0-1.fc17.i686

why not simply "rpm -e --nodeps firefox; yum install firefox" and in
doubt "package-cleanup --dupes" and/or "package-cleanup --cleandupes"


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