Re: FC6 update mystery

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 14:46 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > This is actually a yum update and automatic system update feature
> > mystery.
> > I have the same problem on FC6 when I for a yum update of try to doe the
> > automatic system update process. The process fails with a message saying
> > it can't find the dependencies necessary for the upgrade.
> > 
> > I have repos for core, extras, updates , development, extras
> > development , dries , livna and livna development defined. If the
> > dependencies don't come through these repos where the &%$*^ are they
> > supposed to come from? Especially when you consider that these are
> > updates that the system is offering me .
> 
> If you have development enabled then you are running Rawhide, not FC6. 
> Rawhide is expected to be broken from time to time, especially at this 
> time of the development cycle.
> 
> Paul.
> 
I am sorry I got too frustrated to give all the facts. None of the
development repos are enabled. However right now I have a notice of 17
updates and they will not install because of missing dependencies. Why
are these dependencies just installed?
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