Can't install CentOS 5.2 update?

[Alex Neuman]

Another one for the wiki, perhaps?

On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Dave Jones wrote:

>
> # yum -y update (this will fail with the conflicts but download the  
> packages into the yum cache for the rpm --force command below)
> # yum -y update --exclude=perl*
> # cd /var/cache/yum/rpmforge/packages
> # rpm -Uhv --force perl*
> # reboot  (if needed to get on a new kernel -- or just restart  
> MailScanner)
>
> You don't have to reinstall MailScanner everytime you get an updated  
> perl module conflict.