[WBEL-users] Yum stopped working

[Edward Rudd]

John Morris wrote:
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>
> Now the problem is how to fix it.  Can't really see a way to make it
> totally painless.  The original is whitebox-release-4-2.WB2 Looks like
> the 4 must remain constant unless a whole bunch of updates subtrees get
> created.  So perhaps whitebox-release-4-R1.1.WB1?  That won't auto
> update from whitebox-release-4.1-1.WB1 though, though would this be an
> appropriate place to use the ability to add an epoch to the .spec? 
> Guess I just have to experiment.

Unfortunately this does look like a place where you have to use the
epoch to force an upgrade.. But it also means you MUST carry that epoch
through all future releases of WBEL. (Consider it  Major Major version)

> Stay tuned and for now just manually force the original whitebox-release
> back on.
>