+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #748054 +++ Description of problem: There are packages that would benefit from being able to have multiple versions installed concurrently, but there is no easy way to do this. Currently, the only process is to manually change the config.py file or to edit the yum.conf file directly and manually. In either case, you need to know something about how installonlypkgs works in order to do this. If you edit yum.conf, you need to make sure you add the appropriate kernel package(s) to the entry or you risk breaking the machine with the next kernel update. The ideal solution is for a package that can be installed concurrently to dynamically on installation change the configuration to allow multiple installs. It would also be useful if the package could set a unique limit on the number of instances to keep rather than a single global entry for all packages in the installonlypkgs list Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.2.29-17.el6 (6.1) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Need to manually edit yum.conf correctly or hack source correctly Expected results: Some method for a package to dynamically add itself to the installonlypkgs list Additional info: The basis for this is the rhev-hypervisor package. It lays down only an iso file (that is versioned) and there is a strong use case for side by side installs. The rhev-hypervisor package is being renamed such that rhel 6 versions will be rhev-hypervisor6 and rhel 5 versions are rhev-hypervisor5. This will continue to going forward with rhel 7, rhel 8, etc, so adding the package in the config.py file would be a temporary fix.
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