rpm "update" package to older version

[James Antill]

On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 22:32 -0500, Thawan Kooburat wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know if it is possible to downgrade a package in a
> similar manner as upgrading a package
> 
> I tried this option
> 
> rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --oldpackage foo-old.rpm
> 
> but it seems like it go through this sequence
> 
> remove foo-new.rpm
> install foo-old.rpm
> 
> instead of installing old version and then remove the new version
> which is a normal "update" sequence
> 
> I also notice that yum downgrade also execute remove first then
> install the old version.

 What version of rpm is this? With 4.7.2, I get:

% sudo yum down rsync
[...]
Running Transaction
  Installing     : rsync-3.0.6-3.fc12.x86_64                                1/2 
  Cleanup        : rsync-3.0.7-2.fc12.x86_64                                2/2