Eclipse - failed dependencies - after 10 Feb Update

[Doug Fordham]

Don Springall wrote:
>> From: Doug Fordham <dfordham at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: Eclipse - failed dependencies - after 10 Feb Update
>> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:20:44 -0500
>>
>> No solutions at the moment...ran a minor update this morning:
>> Updated: gnupg2.i386 0:1.9.20-1.fc5.1 gpgme.i386 0:1.1.0-3.fc5.1 
>> libksba.i386 0:0.9.13-2.fc5.1 pinentry.i386 0:0.7.2-1.fc5.1 
>> yumex.noarch 0:0.99.5-1.0.fc5
>> Complete!
>>
>> ....but still needed to exclude the Eclipse entries:
>> yum --exclude=eclipse-platform --exclude=eclipse-platform-devel.i386  
>> --exclude=eclipse-rcp --exclude=eclipse-jdt --exclude=eclipse-ecj 
>> --exclude=eclipse-bugzilla --exclude=1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc 
>> --exclude=libswt3-gtk2 update
>>
>>
>> MW Mike Weiner (5028) wrote:
>>> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>> [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doug Fordham
>>> ...running a "yum update" produces the following:
>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>>> ---> Package eclipse-bugzilla.i386 1:0.1.1_fc-6.2 set to be updated 
>>> ---> Package eclipse-jdt.i386 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc set to be updated 
>>> Package
>>>
>>> ---> eclipse-rcp.i386 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc set to be updated Package 
>>> ---> eclipse-ecj.i386 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc set to be updated Package 
>>> ---> eclipse-platform.i386 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc set to be updated
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> --> Processing Dependency: eclipse-platform = 3.1.2 for package: 
>>> eclipse-bugzilla
>>> --> Processing Dependency: java-javadoc for package: 
>>> eclipse-platform --> Processing Dependency: libswt3-gtk2 = 
>>> 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc for package:
>>> eclipse-platform
>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: eclipse-platform = 3.1.2 is needed by 
>>> package
>>> eclipse-bugzilla
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: java-javadoc is needed by package
>>> eclipse-platform
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: libswt3-gtk2 = 1:3.1.2-1jpp_5fc is needed by
>>> package eclipse-platform
>>>
>>> ...no amount of fiddling with exclude statements in yum yields 
>>> result. Anyone else seeing this behavior?
>>> -- 
>>> Yes I was seeing this myself yesterday actually and you're right, I
>>> couldn't figure out a proper exclude that would allow the yum update to
>>> occur and not break everything. Any solutions?
>>>
>>> Michael Weiner
>
> I  ended up using the following yesterday to get things to go:
> yum update 
> --exclude={tix,tkinter,eclipse-*,libswt3-gtk2,python,python-devel}
>
> I probally excluded too much of the eclipse stuff but at least it ran 
> okay.
>
>
Actually got things to go with the exception of eclipse-bugzilla by 
using the the script pointed to by David Boles in this thread. I 
previously had partial success by excluding all of the eclipse stuff as 
you did;  yum update still reports:
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package eclipse-bugzilla.i386 1:0.1.1_fc-6.2 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: eclipse-platform = 3.1.2 for package: 
eclipse-bugzilla
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: eclipse-platform = 3.1.2 is needed by package 
eclipse-bugzilla

[root at localhost doug]# rpm -qa eclipse-bugzilla
eclipse-bugzilla-0.1.1_fc-6
[root at localhost doug]# rpm -qa eclipse-platform
eclipse-platform-3.1.2-1jpp_5fc