Bug 76629 - package exceptions dosn't work for obsoleted packages
Summary: package exceptions dosn't work for obsoleted packages
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: up2date
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Adrian Likins
QA Contact: Red Hat Satellite QA List
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-24 12:08 UTC by Michael Stefaniuc
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-15 06:01:47 UTC
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Description Michael Stefaniuc 2002-10-24 12:08:17 UTC
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Description of problem:
Due to bugs #76626 and #76627 (gated obsoletes zebra and zebra obsoletes gated)
I added "zebra*" to the package exceptions list, but this had no effect and
zebra was replaced by gated.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install zebra
2. add "zebra*" to the package exceptions list
3. run "up2date -u"
	

Actual Results:  zebra is replaced by gated.

Expected Results:  zebra shouldn't be replaced.

Additional info:

Adding also "gated*" to the package exception list prevents zebra from being
replaced, but this is only a workaround.
There is no way to know what package will obsolete in the future an other
package and put that also in the exceptions list.

Comment 1 Michael Stefaniuc 2002-10-24 12:41:16 UTC
I see i forgot the up2date versions: up2date-2.8.39-1.7.2 and up2date-2.8.39-1.7.3

Comment 2 Adrian Likins 2003-01-15 06:01:47 UTC
This should be fixed in later versions by two
things:

   support for "blacklisting" bad obsoletes like the
   zebra<->gated circle

   close attention to the skip list in these cases


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