yum update -> Missing Dependency for libdevmapper.so.1.02 (FC5)

J.Moore listreader1 at cullmail.com
Sun Mar 18 06:51:12 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 20:15 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 17/03/07, J.Moore wrote:
> > This is the first problem I've ever had with missing dependencies using
> > yum... Could someone point me in the right direction to find the
> > problem?
<<<<<<<<<<   SNIP   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> Typically this means that none of your installed packages and none of
> the packages in your enabled repositories provides the needed
> 'libdevmapper.so.1.02'. This can also happen if an already installed
> package or any in the enabled repositories upgrades device-mapper to
> an incompatible version, which does not include the needed component.
> 
> Run
> 
>    rpm --query --whatprovides  libdevmapper.so.1.02
> 
> to see if any installed package is sufficient. For example:
> 
>   $ rpm -q --whatprovides libdevmapper.so.1.02
>   device-mapper-1.02.02-3.2
>   $ rpm -q --whatprovides 'libdevmapper.so.1.02(Base)'
>   device-mapper-1.02.02-3.2
> 
> If the query does not print the device-mapper package, run
> 
>   rpm --query device-mapper
> 
> to find out what version is installed. It must be a version compatible
> with Fedora Core 5. If you have an incompatible one, get a good one
> and downgrade it with "rpm -Uvh --oldpackage file.rpm", then continue
> with your yum update.
> 

[root at aria jamoore]# rpm --query --whatprovides  libdevmapper.so.1.02
[root at aria jamoore]# rpm --query device-mapper
device-mapper-1.02.13-1.fc5

Judging from the package name ending in .fc5, I'd guess this is
*supposed* to be compatible with FC5. 

I guess I'm lost at this point - any further suggestions?

Thnx,
Jay




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