yum --skip-broken update by default?

John Ellson john.ellson at comcast.net
Fri Dec 12 19:42:52 UTC 2008


Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:40 PM, John Ellson <john.ellson at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Can't you do this on one "dependency checker' machine somewhere?   Or have
>> it automatically reported from a limited number of testers?
>>     
>
> A limited number of testers who attempt to install and update
> EVERYTHING from every possible starting state between release and
> current update collection.. including 3rd party interactions?
>
> -jef
>
>   
How about just within the current Fedora collection?

e.g. 

   # yum install sysklogd
   Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package sysklogd.x86_64 0:1.5-3.fc10 set to be updated
    --> Processing Conflict: sysklogd conflicts rsyslog
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution
    sysklogd-1.5-3.fc10.x86_64 from rawhide has depsolving problems
      --> sysklogd conflicts with rsyslog
    Error: sysklogd conflicts with rsyslog

or the problem that causes "yum install tetex-bytefield tetex-perltex" 
to just die without even trying to install them.
(rpm -Uvh ...  reports conflicts for these two with texlive)
    rpm -Uvh ./rawhide/packages/tetex-bytefield-1.2a-4.fc10.noarch.rpm 
./rawhide/packages/tetex-perltex-1.7-1.fc10.noarch.rpm
    Preparing...                
########################################### [100%]
        file /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/perltex/perltex.pdf from install 
of tetex-perltex-1.7-1.fc10.noarch conflicts with file from package 
texlive-texmf-doc-2007-26.fc10.noarch
        file /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/perltex/perltex.sty from install 
of tetex-perltex-1.7-1.fc10.noarch conflicts with file from package 
texlive-texmf-latex-2007-26.fc10.noarch
        file /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/bytefield/bytefield.pdf from 
install of tetex-bytefield-1.2a-4.fc10.noarch conflicts with file from 
package texlive-texmf-doc-2007-26.fc10.noarch
        file /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/bytefield/bytefield.sty from 
install of tetex-bytefield-1.2a-4.fc10.noarch conflicts with file from 
package texlive-texmf-latex-2007-26.fc10.noarch

or the similar problem with "sos" ?
    rpm -Uvh ./rawhide/packages/sos-1.8-3.fc11.noarch.rpm
    Preparing...                
########################################### [100%]
        file /usr/sbin/sysreport from install of sos-1.8-3.fc11.noarch 
conflicts with file from package sysreport-1.4.4-1.noarch
        file /usr/share/sysreport/functions from install of 
sos-1.8-3.fc11.noarch conflicts with file from package 
sysreport-1.4.4-1.noarch

      


-- 
John Ellson




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