Bug 5768

Summary:	Removal of package installed from outside of Mageia repositories and blocking from reinstallation. (obsolete)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	David Queen <maskimummu>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Nicolas Vigier <boklm>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	task-obsolete-2-20.mga2	CVE:
Status comment:

Description David Queen 2012-05-06 08:52:26 CEST

Description of problem:
I recently installed a k9copy package from plf for 2010.1 (k9copy-2.3.5-1plf2010.1).  task-obsolete removed the package and kept it from reinstalling.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install rpm from outside of Mageia repos.
2.Install task-obsolete when offered by software-update.
3.Find outside package removed and blocked from reinstallation.



I'm concerned that packages no longer supported by Mageia might be blocked entirely from installation at all.  Suppose the web browser Opera couldn't be maintained.  That would be fine, since the rpms from opera.com work fine (always have).  If opera were on the task-obsolete list, would I then be blocked from installing the rpm from opera.com?  Also, I don't want task-obsolete as an update for this reason.

thanks,

David A. Queen

p.s. I'm not asking that support be added back.  A list of "no longer supported" at the wiki would work, wouldn't it?

Comment 1 David Queen 2012-05-06 08:56:26 CEST

Without task-obsolete I can install k9copy.  I also built Backlite (similar package from same author) from source (k9copy couldn't build - no xine-ui.h available).  My copy needs are covered.  I'm just worried about the option to install rpms from outside of the repos.

Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-06 11:06:27 CEST

Boklm, there is maybe a way to have a skip list somewhere ?

Assignee: bugsquad => boklm
Summary: Removal of package installed from outside of Mageia repositories and blocking from reinstallation. => Removal of package installed from outside of Mageia repositories and blocking from reinstallation. (obsolete)

Comment 3 Nicolas Vigier 2012-05-06 11:12:22 CEST

Yes, adding task-obsolete to /etc/urpmi/skip.list and removing task-obsolete should fix this problem.

Comment 4 David Queen 2012-05-07 04:35:26 CEST

(In reply to comment #3)
> Yes, adding task-obsolete to /etc/urpmi/skip.list and removing task-obsolete
> should fix this problem.

This works for me.  I'd forgotten about skip.list.  My apologies.

Comment 5 Nicolas Vigier 2012-05-10 14:17:23 CEST

I have added something about task-obsolete and skip.list to the release notes :
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Release_Notes#Obsoleted_packages

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED