Opened 13 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
#9685 closed enhancement (obsolete)
yum repo needs a "VirtualBox-latest" metapackage
| Reported by: | James Heather | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.4 |
| Keywords: | yum repository versioning | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description (last modified by )
Could we please have a "VirtualBox-latest" metapackage that simply tracks the most recent VirtualBox version?
It is annoying that I have to keep checking whether a new major version has been released. At the moment I have package "VirtualBox-4.1" installed, but when 4.2 is released it will be as a separate package: "VirtualBox-4.2". So yum won't update it for me, because it won't see it as the same package.
The way round this is to have a metapackage called "VirtualBox-latest" that pulls in the most recent version. That way, anyone wanting a specific version could just install VirtualBox-4.1 or whatever, and anyone wanting to stay up to date could install VirtualBox-latest and be assured of updates whenever they come along.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
comment:2 by , 4 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
I, too, would like to see a VirtualBox-latest metapackage.