How does `yum` prioritize repositories while installing packages?
Issue
- There are two packages with exact the same name and same version in two enabled repositories.
- For example enabled repository #1 has a name
alpha_repoand enabled repositor #2 has a namebeta_repo, both of these repositories have this packagephp-mysql-5.4.6-1.x86_64.rpm. - When user will do
yum install php-mysqlfrom which repositoryyumwill choose the package? - Is it correct to state that
yumin this case will choose the repository in natural order? - Meaning will select by alphabetically sorting order, hence from
alpha_repo?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6
Yum
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