yum update fails - test pup's capabilities..

[Jim Cornette]

David Timms wrote:
> Doug Fordham wrote:
> 
>> You can update other packages not affected by the current broken
>> dependencies by running the following as root:
>>
>> yum --exclude=evolution-data-server.i386
>> --exclude=evolution-data-server-debuginfo.i386 --exclude=evolution
>> --exclude=control-center --exclude=gnome-panel
>> --exclude=evolution-webcal --exclude=gaim --exclude=gnome-panel-devel
>> update
>>
>> ...
>> Doug
>>  
>>
> For the bored of repeating ourselves, can we specify --exclude once, but 
> with multiple arguments separated by comma or something ?
> DaveT.
> 


You should not need to do all of the --exclude ... entries now. No 
problems with deps in rawhide.

Regarding pup and rhgb problems. I removed rpm then reinstalled rhgb 
with pirut and did not get any errors installing rhgb with pirut. Of 
course the package search is not yet implemented for pirut, but checking 
on the X group allowed rhgb to be pulled in again.
If pup downloaded but did not install properly, it could be because of 
%post scriptlet failures. I submitted a bug on this problem and it seems 
that the factors leading to the errors is now fixed. (adjustments to 
selinux-policy). You might need to check out your system for multiple 
revisions and for other programs that keep downloading but never 
installing. A %post scriptlet failure would cause the program to 
download, fail at %post scriptlet and never install. Each time that you 
updated, the package would be set for installation again.

Also, the version of rhgb that you have installed is bad on its %post 
scriptlet and bails out for the next upgrade attempt. If you try to 
remove rhgb with rpm and see if it fails or works, you could then yum 
install or use the alternative updating programs.

Regarding getting error output with pup, running it from a terminal 
should show you the output errors in the terminal. That is how I 
diagnose program errors on my end.

Jim

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