Re: RFC: best way to fix the regular yum dependency problems with add-on packages from 3rd party repositories

[John Ellson <john ellson comcast net>]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> About one or two times a month a lot of people run into decency 
> problems like this:
>
> > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 is 
> > needed by
> > package kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.09-5.lvn9.i686 (livna)

Every day I run into dependency problems like this, just with Rawhide 
rpms, not even third part ones:
  
   $ yum update phonon*
   Error: Missing Dependency: phonon = 4.2.0-1.fc10 is needed by 
package phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.2.0-1.fc10.x86_64 (installed)

   $ yum update digikam*
   Transaction Check Error:
 file /usr/share/icons/oxygen/128x128/apps/digikam.png from install of 
digikam-0.10.0-0.1.beta2.fc10.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
oxygen-icon-theme-4.1.0-1.fc10.noarch

Neither of these dependency issues is flagged in: "rawhide report: 
20080802 changes"


It would really help if yum would automatically skip any rpm that 
conflicted with any *installed* rpm.  Both for Rawhide and third-party rpms.


John