upgrading/downgrading - what does this mean?

[Raman Gupta]

Neal Becker wrote:
> Channels have 12 new packages.
> Computing transaction...
>
> Upgrading packages (6):
>   bind-30:9.3.2-33.fc5 at x86_64
>   bind-libs-30:9.3.2-33.fc5 at x86_64
>   bind-utils-30:9.3.2-33.fc5 at x86_64
>   caching-nameserver-30:9.3.2-33.fc5 at x86_64
>   imlib-1:1.9.13-27 at i386
>   imlib-1:1.9.13-27 at x86_64
>
> Downgrading packages (1):
>   caching-nameserver-30:9.3.2-33.fc5 at x86_64
>
> Why is caching-nameserver upgrading and downgrading?
>
> Why is it doing anything at all?  I don't have caching-nameserver installed.
> rpm -q caching-nameserver
> package caching-nameserver is not installed
>   
I had the same problem -- most likely a Fedora packaging issue with 
dependencies being listed incorrectly... it seems to be resolved now.

I periodically encounter the same behavior with other packages, and my 
SOPs are to set a lock flag on the offending package, wait a week or so, 
then remove the lock -- by this time the problem has usually been fixed.

Cheers,
Raman