yum always installing higher version not specific version

[Guest snelloru]

We use RPMS for our packaging and yum to update our environments. We have an rpm pacakge-5.1.1-3 installed in our production server and in our yum repository we have 2 higher versions of RPMS like package-5.1.3-3 and package-5.2-27.

we tried to install 5.1.3-1 version but it installed 5.2-27. It caused serious problems in production.

 

If we remove 5.2-27 package from YUM rpm repository and try installing 5.1.3-1, its installing as expected.

 

I think yum should allow installation of specific version of RPMS and I remember doing this few times. I tried to debug but no success.

 

HTML Code:

yum install package-5.1.3-1

Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security

Excluding Packages in global exclude list

Finished

Setting up Install Process

Package matching package-5.1.3-1.x86_64 already installed. Checking for update.

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

--> Processing Dependency: package = 5.1.1-3 for package: package-database

---> Package package.x86_64 0:5.1.3-1 set to be updated

--> Running transaction check

---> Package package-database.x86_64 0:5.2-23 set to be updated

--> Processing Dependency: package = 5.2-23 for package: package-database

--> Running transaction check

---> Package package.x86_64 0:5.1.3-1 set to be updated

---> Package package.x86_64 0:5.2-23 set to be updated

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

 

Dependencies Resolved

 

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Package Arch Version Repository Size

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package x86_64 5.2-23 repo 22 M

package-database x86_64 5.2-23

 

 

Any ideas on this??

 

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