Bug 853696

Summary:	"yum downgrade firefox" doesn't install previous version but an obsolete one
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	choufleur <niels.borne>
Component:	yum	Assignee:	Fedora Packaging Toolset Team <packaging-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	17	CC:	ffesti, james.antill, maxamillion, packaging-team, tim.lauridsen, zpavlas
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Description choufleur 2012-09-02 07:55:18 UTC

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.yum downgrade firefox
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Actual results:
erase firefox.x86_64 0:15.0-1.fc17
install firefox.x86_64 0:12.0-1.fc17 

Expected results:
install firefox.x86_64 0:14.0.1-1.fc17

Additional info:
firefox.x86_64 0:12.0-1.fc17 won't launch (but it doesn't really matter).

Comment 1 James Antill 2013-05-28 20:41:17 UTC

Fedora don't keep multiple updates in their repos. so the only version available to downgrade to tends to be the GA version. There are some workarounds, like the "local" plugin.