FC3+yum+perl problem

[T. Horsnell]

>On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 12:40 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote:
>> I hit this when trying to upgrade perl on my Opteron box.
>> What's the correct procedure from here?
>> I initially used up2date, which successfully updated
>> everything but perl, so I then tried yum on it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Terry.
>> 
>> 
>> [root at ls1 ~]$ yum update perl
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Setting up Repos
>> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
>> updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> base      : ################################################## 2852/2852
>> updates-re: ################################################## 981/981
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>> ---> Downloading header for perl to pack into transaction set.
>> perl-5.8.5-12.FC3.x86_64. 100% |=========================| 269 kB    00:00     
>> ---> Package perl.x86_64 3:5.8.5-12.FC3 set to be updated
>> --> Running transaction check
>> 
>> Dependencies Resolved
>> Transaction Listing:
>>   Update: perl.x86_64 3:5.8.5-12.FC3 - updates-released
>> Total download size: 12 M
>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>> Downloading Packages:
>> (1/1): perl-5.8.5-12.FC3. 100% |=========================|  12 MB    00:04     
>> Running Transaction Test
>> Finished Transaction Test
>> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/File/Path.pm from install of perl-5.8.5-12.FC3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9
>
>The i386 version of perl was included in FC3 x86_64 by mistake, and
>causes this problem.
>
>Fix:
># yum remove perl.i386

Fixed. Many thanks.
T.

>
>Paul.
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