Yum update

Michael Schwendt mschwendt at gmail.com
Thu Sep 6 21:16:58 UTC 2007


On 06/09/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/07, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 06/09/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm having a hard time updating my system:
> > >
> > > [--snip--]
> > > --> Running transaction check
> > > --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.12 for package: yelp
> > > --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.12 for package: devhelp
> > > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> > > Error: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.12 is needed by package yelp
> > > Error: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.12 is needed by package devhelp
> > > [root at localhost RPMS]#
> > >
> > > So, where can I find gecko-libs? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > It's a virtual package in the "firefox" package. Use "repoquery" from
> > yum-utils to solve such problems.
> >
>
> Can I safely just use "--exclude=gecko-libs" then?

When exactly?

Without details one can only guess what you're trying to do. It looks
like FC6. But FC6 comes with matching firefox updates (also yelp
e.g.), so what repositories do you use? Do you try to upgrade to an
incompatible firefox?




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