yum update problem FC4

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 15:23 -0500, Yanick Quirion wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a problem when I want to run yum update on my fedora core 4 box.
> I'm getting the following error:
> 
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: python-abi = 2.3 for package:
> python-elementtree
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(String::CRC32) for package: lftp
> --> Processing Dependency: libreadline.so.4 for package: lftp
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package compat-readline43.i386 0:4.3-2 set to be updated
> ---> Package perl-String-CRC32.i386 0:1.3-1.1.fc3.rf set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: python-abi = 2.3 for package:
> python-elementtree
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: python-abi = 2.3 is needed by package
> python-elementtree
> 
> I search the web for package python-abi but I was unable to find it,
> even on rpmfind.net.
> 
> As temporary work around I excluded all python* packages but this is not
> a good solution.
> 
> Is somebody can help me with this?

You are using Fedora Core 3 repositories on your Fedora Core 4 system.
FC3 has python 2.3, FC4 has python 2.4. The packages in the FC3 repos
are built for python 2.3. If you use the FC4 repositories, this problem
should go away because you'll pick up package versions built for python
2.4.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>