[TriLUG] safest way to revert to a previous package

[Blackburn, Marvin]

When I try to install using rpm -ihv --oldpackage <filename> 
I get the following:

file /sbin/rpc.statd from install of nfs-utils-1.0.6-31EL conflicts with
file from package nfs-utils-1.0.6-33EL

When I try to do an rpm -e this is what I get:
error: Failed dependencies:
        nfs-utils is needed by (installed) redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6 

What are my alternative here?

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of John Berninger
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:46 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] safest way to revert to a previous package
> 
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005, Blackburn, Marvin wrote:
> 
> > I have nfs-utils-1.0.6-33EL installed on a redhat AS3.0 server.
> > This is causing some minor problems and I want to revert back to the
> > previous version nfs-utils-1.0.6-31EL.  What is the safest way to do
> > this?
> Download the older package, "rpm -ihv --oldpackage <filename>" to
> install it, "up2date -p" to update your RHN profile if you use RHN.
> 
> > I would expect some dependency issues to show up.
>         There shouldn't be any unless there are errata 
> version specific
> dependencies that I'm unaware of.
> 
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