Re: Still having up2date problems (and yum too)

[Michael Schwendt <fedora wir-sind-cool org>]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:26:07 -0400, Law Barstow wrote:

> I am having problems trying to update the packages on my FC2 x86_64
> system with either yum or up2date.
> 
> [Up2date section]
> 
> I resolved the header message by following the advice given on this list
> and deleting the header and rpm files from /var/spool/up2date.  Now when
> I run up2date -u, the following output is produced (see bottom of
> message for yum info):
> 
> Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
> /etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or directory
> ########################################
> RPM package conflict error.  The message was:
> Test install failed because of package conflicts:
> The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy
> dependencies:
> Name                                    Version        Release
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> xorg-x11-libs                           6.7.0          5
> xorg-x11-libs                           6.7.0          5
> 
> package xorg-x11-libs-6.7.0-5 is already installed
> 
> [root Linux64 law]#
> 
> [Yum Section]
> 
> Not wanting to be closed minded, I tried yum. Output is:
> [root Linux64 law]# yum update
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Base
> Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Extras
> Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Released Updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Resolving dependencies
> ....Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nspr-devel = 37:1.6-8, this is not
> available.
> Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nspr-devel = 37:1.4.1-18, this is
> not available.
> Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nss-devel = 37:1.6-8, this is not
> available.
> Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nss-devel = 37:1.4.1-18, this is not
> available.
> Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla = 37:1.6-8, this is not available.
> [root Linux64 law]#
> 
> BUT.....  
> 
> [root Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla
> mozilla-1.6-8
> mozilla-1.4.1-18

You should not have two versions of Mozilla. Erase the old one
(rpm -e mozilla-1.4.1-18).

I guess there are more mozilla packages installed, see

  rpm -qa 'mozilla*'

instead of querying specific package names.

> [root Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla-nspr-devel
> mozilla-nspr-devel-1.6-8
> [root Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla-nss-devel
> mozilla-nss-devel-1.6-8
> [root Linux64 law]# 
> 
> So those packages are there.. but yum doesnt seem them. 

It does, but there are newer versions in Released Updates which
cannot be installed due to:

> My
> /etc/yum.conf file is:
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> retries=20
> exclude=mozilla-devel

Why do you exclude 'mozilla-devel'?