Issue
I have foo-1.1 and foo-devel-1.1 both installed. Now I update my repo with foo-1.2 and foo-devel-1.2. After yum clean metadata, I simply type yum update, no problem. I get both foo-1.2 and foo-devel-1.2 reported as ready to update.
However, if I type yum update foo-devel the related foo dependency is not reported as ready to update. Is this correct behavior? How do I get the behavior I'm expecting? Which is that all dependencies resolve and update when a package name is specified as an argument to yum update.
$rpm -q yum
yum-3.2.29-43.el6_5.noarch
Thanks for any info!
-Fin
Solution
When updating all packages
yum update will update any packages that have a newer version available, and take care of dependencies.
From the manual page man yum:
While updating packages, yum will ensure that all dependencies are satisfied.
One thing to bear in mind is that while a package may have an update available, that does not mean that a dependency of that package has been updated too - they are after all seperate packages.
When updating a specific package
From the manual: If one or more packages or package globs are specified, Yum will only update the listed packages.
This seems to imply that if foo-devel requires foo, and you specify to update only foo-devel, then yum won't update foo to a newer version (unless foo-devel specifically requires the newer version).
Answered By - totallyNotLizards Answer Checked By - Robin (WPSolving Admin)