libgssapi.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils

[Kam Leo]

On 6/30/06, Mathew Snyder <msnyder at servervault.com> wrote:
> I was running yum update when I encountered this:
>
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package nfs-utils-lib.i386 0:1.0.8-4.FC5 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 for package: nfs-utils
> --> Processing Dependency: libgssapi >= 0.9 for package: nfs-utils-lib
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package libgssapi.i386 0:0.9-1.FC5 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 for package: nfs-utils
> --> Processing Dependency: libgssapi.so.1 for package: nfs-utils
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils
> Error: Missing Dependency: libgssapi.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils
>
> I did a search online to find out what provides the files just to make
> sure and found that nfs-utils-lib provides it.  If I have that installed
>
> [root at rt RT_Setup]# rpm -qa | grep nfs-utils
> nfs-utils-1.0.8.rc2-5.FC5
> nfs-utils-lib-1.0.8-3.1
>
> why would it be giving me this error?  I didn't have this problem until
> tonight.  I've been testing the build of the server this occurred on
> over the course of two weeks and this is the first time this has
> occurred.  Is there a problem with the yum repositories or the packages
> itself?
>
> --
> Mathew Snyder
> Systems Administrator
> Network+
> ServerVault TechOps
>

Your experience is not unique. You can a) file a bug report ("a good
thing"), b) exclude nfs-utils and update the remaining packages, c)
wait a day or two and hope that it is a repository synchronization
problem or d) do nothing.