From: Travis Rhoden Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 17:50:33 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: Add justification for check_obsoletes X-Git-Tag: v1.5.22-rc1~5^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F258%2Fhead;p=ceph-deploy.git doc: Add justification for check_obsoletes Signed-off-by: Travis Rhoden --- diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst index 5742024..3817f68 100644 --- a/docs/source/install.rst +++ b/docs/source/install.rst @@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ displayed, similar to:: are not going to be uninstalled. For example librbd1 and librados which qemu-kvm depends on, and removing it would cause issues for qemu-kvm. +Distribution Notes +------------------ + +RPMs +^^^^ + +On RPM-based distributions, ``yum-plugin-priorities`` is installed to make sure +that upstream ceph.com repos have a higher priority than distro repos. + +Fedora +^^^^^^ + +The Fedora distribution maintains packages for Ceph in their own repos, independent +of the upstream repos on ceph.com. The packages are structured differently than +the upstream packages, and can cause dependency resolution errors despite the use +of the Yum priorities plugin. To resolve this, ``ceph-deploy`` enables the +``check_obsoletes`` flag for the Yum priorities plugin. + Specific Releases ----------------- By default the *latest* release is assumed. This value changes when