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So I did yum update last night because I decided that I should update whatever packages I could. Big mistake.

Now I can't undo the changes, and it's not telling me why. I am trying to undo 65 (as shown via yum history):

   ID | Login user          | Date and time    | Action(s)      | Altered
   65 | My User <guy>       | 2016-12-08 18:07 | I, O, U        |  800 EE
   64 | My User <guy>       | 2016-12-08 17:44 | Erase          |    1   
   63 | My User <guy>       | 2016-12-08 17:29 | Update         |    1

So I do yum history undo 65. And at first it looks okay, giving me stuff that looks like:

Updated     ConsoleKit-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64                                  @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                 0.4.1-6.el6.x86_64                                  @base
Updated     ConsoleKit-libs-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64                             @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                      0.4.1-6.el6.x86_64                             @base
Updated     ConsoleKit-x11-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64                              @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                     0.4.1-6.el6.x86_64                              @base
Updated     NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64                           @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                     1:0.8.1-107.el6.x86_64                          @base
Updated     NetworkManager-glib-1:0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64                      @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                          1:0.8.1-107.el6.x86_64                     @base
Updated     NetworkManager-gnome-1:0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64                     @anaconda-CentOS-201311272149.x86_64/6.5
Update                           1:0.8.1-107.el6.x86_64                    @base

But after all of that it's nothing but:

Failed to downgrade: ConsoleKit-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
Failed to downgrade: ConsoleKit-libs-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
Failed to downgrade: ConsoleKit-x11-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
Failed to downgrade: 1:NetworkManager-0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64
Failed to downgrade: 1:NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64
Failed to downgrade: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-66.el6.x86_64
...
Error: No package(s) available to install

And it doesn't tell me why or what to try so I am lost. When I try yum downgrade x-package it tells me "Only Upgrade available on package: x-package".

Edit 2: If it had worked, I should have seen yum action 66 shouldn't I?

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1) Download all the packages for which the message Failed to downgrade is displayed. You can use centos vault url for the rpms.

2) Put all the rpms in a directory ( say /tmp/yum_repo_test/)

3) Create a local repository createrepo --update /tmp/yum_repo_test/

4) Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/temp.repo with the following content:

[temp-local]
name=temp Repository
baseurl=file:/tmp/yum_repo_test
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

5) Clean and update yum cache yum clean all && yum makecache fast

6) Revert yum updates yum history undo 65

And yes if the undo is successful another transaction id is created.

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  • vault repo isn't very useful.
    – david.perez
    Jan 25, 2019 at 10:47
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yum clean all
yum downgrade <rpm name> -y
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  • doesn't work for me :-(
    – david.perez
    Jan 25, 2019 at 10:26

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