On 12/13/2011 07:53 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Vreme: 12/13/2011 06:47 PM, Anne Wilson piše: >> To avoid similar problems in the future, can you give me some guidelines >> for priority settings? It seems I got it wrong somewhere:-) Thanks > > It is not wise to have third-party repositories overwriting base > packages. This should only be used by hand per package basis. > > I have created local repository where I copy packages I wish to replace > and only that "third-party" repository has same priority as official > repositories. > > RPMForge (now RepoForge) has "non-violent", or safe repository that > *should not* contain packages that overwrite base packages, and > "violent" repository named "extras" that is meant to overwrite base > packages. > Thanks. I think that makes it clear - it seems that if I see this sort of problem again I have to look at repositories that are not normally enabled, and consider whether to temporarily enable them. Is it safe to leave rpmfusion-free-updates.repo and rpmfusion-nonree-updates.repo without a specific priority setting? The various testing repos are not enabled.
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