"yum update" dependency error

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Oct 12 08:08:30 UTC 2007


Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> 
>   and this brings me back to my original question -- if i do a "yum
> update" and just happen to catch a whole pile of new updates which
> produce a dependency error somewhere, should i (or anyone else) just
> casually mention it on this list as soon as it happens?
> 
>   that dependency error might, of course, just be due to mirrors that
> haven't caught up yet, but it might also be a real problem that no one
> had noticed.
> 
>   personally, i'm still tempted to post and point it out, but i'm
> willing to be dissuaded if others think it's inappropriate.

Every rawhide report has at the end a list of known dependency issues 
for that day. Maintainers of these packages are automatically notified 
of the issues and don't need a additional mail. However if you find 
problems not already being reported by the daily check, feel free to do so.

Rahul




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