On Thursday, September 05, 2013 01:08:50 AM Fernando Cassia wrote: Hi there, This is a probably stupid question, but I never checked what strategy yum uses. If I do "yum install firefox" on a freshly installed F19 system, and the initial version of FIrefox on F19 (the one shipped on the LiveCD) is, say, 21.0, but the latest update on the repos is, say, Firefox 23.0. Does "yum install firefox" directly fetch FF 23.0.x, or does it install the "baseline" browser (21.0) and then on the next "yum update firefox" jump to 23?. Yum default behaviour would be (AFAIK) to install version 23.0 as it would report 21.0 already installed. And find nothing to do. /M. -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary actDurante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario- George Orwell

On 09/05/2013 11:01 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: Yum would always default to installing the highest version available, unless you provide the specific version number at the command. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)

On 09/04/2013 10:31 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: AFAIK it installs the most recent version. Why would you expect it to do anything else?

On 09/05/2013 12:09 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: No worries. You learn much better from mistakes, as long as, you are not embarrassed to ask, and you are open to accept criticisms and suggestions. :-) Cheers, rejy (rmc)

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:07 AM, Roberto Ragusa <mail(a)robertoragusa.it&gt;wrote: Excellent factoid Roberto! In fact that paragraph should go quoted verbatim to the yum man page, if man pages were actually manual (documentation) pages instead of pages long description of switches/options rarely with any useful real-world usage case examples... ;) The best documentation, imho was the one provided with Digital Research DR-DOS 6.0 and the /? switch used with every command... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell

Am 05.09.2013 07:31, schrieb Fernando Cassia: irrelevant, yum does *always* take the newest version if you do not specify one - period

On Thursday, September 05, 2013 05:45:49 AM Fernando Cassia wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net[1]&gt; wrote: irrelevant, Not irrelevant, I was responding to Martin's comment that said "as it would report 21.0 already installed". I wanted for Martin to understand I asked for the default behavior, regardless of whether a given package was already installed or not, a fact that HE introduced into the argument, not me. /M. -------- [1] mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net