http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620377 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620377#c0 Summary: zypper update: Use '--force' to force installation Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- trying to "downgrade" to an older (factory) version of some package (fromBase:System before) zypper says # zypper up udev-157-1.2.x86_64 The selected package 'udev-157-1.2.x86_64' from repository 'gwdg-oss' has lower version than the installed one.Use '--force' to force installation of the package. but "zypper up --force udev-157-1.2.x86_64" still gives the same message :-( the correct answer/info would be zypper install --force udev-157-1.2.x86_64 ^^^^^^^ and I'm pretty sure I already got this message/hint once for some other package twiddling... background: this is about bug #619461 why I tried to update udev stuff to test a fix -- the fix did not work but it additionally broke nouveau KMS :-( so I wanted to step back to plain factory... unfortuneately, even going back to all-factory udev, the nouveau initrd problems did not vanish again :-( more about that topic in ticket #619461 and maybe others -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.