CentOS - Dec 2015 - Centos-7: odd yum output

Hi all!

On 7.1 + CR updates, running "yum list installed | grep -y totem"
gives this:

yum list installed | grep -y totem
totem.x86_64                          1:3.14.3-5.el7                 @cr        
totem-nautilus.x86_64                 1:3.14.3-5.el7                 @cr        
totem-pl-parser.x86_64                3.10.5-1.el7                   @cr 

and "yum list installed | grep -y totem" gives this:

yum list available | grep -y totem
gnome-python2-totem.x86_64               2.32.0-20.el7.nux            nux-dextop
totem-devel.x86_64                       1:3.14.3-5.el7               cr        
totem-mozplugin.x86_64                   1:3.8.2-5.el7                base      
totem-mozplugin-vegas.x86_64             1:3.8.2-5.el7                base      
totem-pl-parser.i686                     3.10.5-1.el7                 cr        
totem-pl-parser-devel.i686               3.10.5-1.el7                 cr        
totem-pl-parser-devel.x86_64             3.10.5-1.el7                 cr     

so then, why is it that "yum install totem-mozplugin" gives this?

yum install totem-mozplugin
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, nvidia
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.lga7.us.voxel.net
 * elrepo: iad.mirror.rackspace.com
 * epel: mirrors.mit.edu
 * extras: mirror.ash.fastserv.com
 * nux-dextop: mirror.li.nux.ro
 * updates: centos.chi.host-engine.com
Package 1:totem-mozplugin-3.8.2-5.el7.x86_64 is obsoleted by
1:totem-3.14.3-5.el7.x86_64 which is already installed
Nothing to do

I don't understand, UNLESS it's saying that the totem package now
includes
the plugin?

OK, I can understand that. But looking at the contents of the RPM, it seems
to contain only plugins for itself.

I'm just upgrading to 7.x, now, and the 6.x box previously had several
plugins installed that I can't find, nor even remember where I found
'em.
(probably has to do with my age... :[  )

Advice will be appreciated. thanks in advance!

Fred

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On Sun, Dec 06, 2015 at 03:25:52PM -0500, Fred Smith
wrote:
> Package 1:totem-mozplugin-3.8.2-5.el7.x86_64 is obsoleted by
1:totem-3.14.3-5.el7.x86_64 which is already installed
> Nothing to do
> 
> I don't understand, UNLESS it's saying that the totem package now
includes
> the plugin?
> 
> OK, I can understand that. But looking at the contents of the RPM, it seems
> to contain only plugins for itself.
> 
> I'm just upgrading to 7.x, now, and the 6.x box previously had several
> plugins installed that I can't find, nor even remember where I found
'em.
> (probably has to do with my age... :[  )
The new totem plugin Obsoletes the totem-mozplugin package:

# rpm -q --obsoletes -p totem-3.14.3-5.el7.x86_64.rpm 
totem-mythtv < 1:2.91.0-1
totem-upnp < 1:3.1.4-1
totem-jamendo < 1:3.1.4-1
totem-tracker < 1:3.1.4-1
totem-publish < 1:3.1.4-1
totem-mozplugin < 1:3.13.90-1
totem-mozplugin-vegas < 1:3.13.90-1

Its a component in GNOME, and was updated along with the rest of GNOME
in RHEL 7.2 (and subsequently CentOS).  It appears that that in
GNOME/totem 3.14, the mozilla plugin was removed, perhaps because
browsers are dropping NPAPI support.

If the totem plugin *didn't* obsolete the package, you wouldn't be
able to upgrade because there would be missing dependencies.  This is
how RPM handles this kind of situation.


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