CentOS - May 2010 - 5.4-->5.5 Upgrade broke OO 3.2.0

In order to get an OpenOffice configuration that is closer in
compatibility with MS Office 2007, I removed the standard OO in 5.4 via
yum and installed the latest (3.2.0) from OpenOffice.org. Ran that
config for many months without a problem.

However, when I allowed the upgrade to 5.5, OO broke. I finally had to
remove all traces of OO 3.2.0, and start over. That worked...until yum
tells me that there are updates to apply, which includes an OO update.

Not thinking, I allowed the updates and the OO update broke OO 3.2.0
again.  The update is:
	openoffice.org-ure-3.1.1-19.5.el5.x86_64 updates
	openoffice.org-ure-1.6.0-9483.x86_64

I had to repeat the removal and reinstallation of OO to recover.  Now I
watch the updates more closely and don't allow the OO update to come in.

Not complaining...just a warning to the community of the challenge one
often encounters by running software that is not part of the standard
distribution.

Dave M

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 07:09:26AM -0400, David McGuffey
wrote:
> In order to get an OpenOffice configuration that is closer in
...
> Not thinking, I allowed the updates and the OO update broke OO 3.2.0
> again.  The update is:
> 	openoffice.org-ure-3.1.1-19.5.el5.x86_64 updates
> 	openoffice.org-ure-1.6.0-9483.x86_64
> 
Just configure yum to exclude openoffice.org from updating?

Tru
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David McGuffey wrote:
> In order to get an OpenOffice configuration that is closer in
> compatibility with MS Office 2007, I removed the standard OO in 5.4 via
> yum and installed the latest (3.2.0) from OpenOffice.org. Ran that
> config for many months without a problem.
>
> However, when I allowed the upgrade to 5.5, OO broke. I finally had to
> remove all traces of OO 3.2.0, and start over. That worked...until yum
> tells me that there are updates to apply, which includes an OO update.
>
> Not thinking, I allowed the updates and the OO update broke OO 3.2.0
> again.  The update is:
> 	openoffice.org-ure-3.1.1-19.5.el5.x86_64 updates
> 	openoffice.org-ure-1.6.0-9483.x86_64
>
>   
I had the same problem.
Add the following line to /etc/yum.conf:
exclude=openoffice.org-ure*

then yum will leave you alone
> I had to repeat the removal and reinstallation of OO to recover.  Now I
> watch the updates more closely and don't allow the OO update to come
in.
>
> Not complaining...just a warning to the community of the challenge one
> often encounters by running software that is not part of the standard
> distribution.
>
> Dave M
>
>
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