I have a question about using yum
Well.. a particular package is at 2.6 in the Yum repositories but it crashes all the time and this is a known issue.

In G entoo you can install older versions by specifiying the version number.
Can you install previous versions of an app using Yum?
Any ideas Jy?

I don't think you can with yum
using older versions is stupid

and yes you can do it using rpms

not advisable though

And im with JY on this one too
PsychOmeg: I use FC5 as my desktop at work. Evolution 2.6 crashes left and right… everytime I open it. It's apparently a known issue with 2.6.
I've read 2.2 is quite stable.
well what does the developers site say ?

Wouldnt it be better to get a fixed version and compile a rpm ?
Haven't gotten that far yet.
thats what id do
I have the source for 2.2. But its now dependency hell time.
yes

Get something newer
check with the developers
Yeah I could.. Smetimes takes so long for a reply.
no i meant check for newer source

well and then debug info
should be in the tar ball
Oh they have 2.4 and 2.6 and 2.7 (unstable) source
then get a spec file modify it to suit needs and compile rpm

done
That's just it. Not sure what makes it crash. Could be the way the RPM was built. Could be the version itself.
strace ftw

debug ftw

error codes ftw

;-p

logs ftw!
Man.. a lot of damn work just to connect to an Exchange server!