[K12OSN] "Unable to satisfy dependencies"

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 15:31, Eric Harrison wrote:
> Odin Nosen wrote:
> > When I install _everything_ in K12LTSP v4.4.1 and tries to do a "yum update" I get this
> > error:
> >
> > Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> > Error: Package GFS-kernel needs kernel = 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package dlm-kernel needs kernel = 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package cman-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package GFS-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package cman-kernel needs kernel = 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package dlm-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs kernel = 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> > Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4, this is not available.
> >
> > The only solution is to remove the *-kernel packages with dependencies. Is there a
> > better solution to this problem?
> 
> I'd recommend not doing an _everything_ install ;-)
> 
> These are packages for the global file system, if you don't use GFS you
>   don't need these packages. If you do use GFS, you need to run a kernel
> that matches the version of the GFS utilities (in this case kernel
> 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4). The GFS packages are not always released with each
> kernel update, and rarely at the same time as a kernel update.
> 
>  >or is something wrong in the K12LTSP v4.4.1 yum-repos?
> 
> No, it matches the behavior of the FC4 yum-repos.

There have been complaints about the same thing on the fedora mail
list.  Just 'rpm -e ...' the packages that are causing the
problems.  They are old and no longer supported.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   les at futuresource.com