Bug 853696 - "yum downgrade firefox" doesn't install previous version but an obsolete one
Summary: "yum downgrade firefox" doesn't install previous version but an obsolete one
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yum
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Fedora Packaging Toolset Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-02 07:55 UTC by choufleur
Modified: 2014-01-21 23:23 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-05-28 20:41:17 UTC
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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.


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