(perl update clash) FC3 x86_64 Important Announcement

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Mon May 2 22:40:18 UTC 2005


On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:31:49PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:25:50AM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> >
> >>Unfortunately we made a mistake with the original FC3 x86_64 and shipped 
> >>i386 perl by accident when it was never meant to be multilib.  This 
> >>causes updates to clash and fail on FC3 x86_64.  It is wrong to add i386 
> >>perl to that repository, so the only way to recover is to use:
> >>
> >>yum remove perl.i386
> >
> >
> >Aren't these kind of bugs things you have to live with for the rest of
> >the distro's EOL? E.g. keep perl multilib in FC3, have it fixed in FC4
> >(and its anaconda) and bite the bullet and provide i386 updates for
> >another 6 months?
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=156658
> Anaconda upgrade should remove perl.i386 is filed here.  It wont be an 
> easy fix unfortunately.

That still leaves FC3 (and RHEL4 according to your bug report) broken
w/o explicit user intervention. The fix cannot be to hope users will
read (and remember) this announcement.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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