Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (148 mails)

[Michael Andres <ma@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 27, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote:

> > That's great, but ... ehm... what does it mean? I mean does it influence 
> the solver or downloading a package in commit?

It influences the solver. The solver will prefer packages from repos with 
higher priority (which unfortunately is a lower number in yum-speak).

Michael <mls> should be able to provide the exact details. AFAIK 
higher repo priority is prefered over version and arch.

> > Example situation:
> > repository X with priority 99 containing package foo-1.0
> > repository Y with priority 90 containing package foo-0.9
> > repository Z with priority 95 containing package foo-1.0
> > > > User selects foo for installation. Which package will be installed?

AFAIK packages will be considered in this order

a) package foo-0.9 (priority 90)
b) package foo-1.0 (priority 95)
c) package foo-1.0 (priority 99)

but architecture/vendor of any installed foo may have an influence.





> > And what users expect to happen when they change priority of a repository?
> I don't think the solver is influenced yet.

No it works, and if something is wrong with it, it's missconfigured or a 
solver bug :)

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