different behavior for RPM dependency handling between yum andapt

[Konstantin Riabitsev]

Rick Thomas wrote:
> So here's the answer...  Interesting note about yum not doing "obsoletes".

Yum doesn't do obsoletes when doing "yum update." It only pays 
attention to obsoletes when doing "yum upgrade." Otherwise you run 
into mutually obsoleting packages (you think I'm kidding? Check 
gated and zebra, they obsolete each-other).

So if it was following obsoletes during update, you would get zebra 
and gated reinstalling each-other every night. :)

Regards,
-- 
Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev
Duke University Physics Sysadmin
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