[CentOS] CentOS 4.0 -> 4.1 update failing

[Matt Hyclak]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 12:05:47AM -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic enlightened us:
> I've updated CentOS 4.0 to 4.1 on several machines (some desktops, some 
> servers).  However on my laptop, update is failing with following error 
> just after headers are downloaded:
> 
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 for package: glibc
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 is needed by package glibc
> 
> My CentOS.repo is a standard one, as distributed with CentOS.  I don't 
> have any additional repos defined on my laptop.  I attempted to clear 
> yum cache (rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*).  Rerun yum update, and got the same 
> error again.
> 
> Looking at the /var/cache/yum/base/headers, I see that yum downloaded 
> headers for gblic-common, glibc-devel, and glibc-headers, but not for 
> glibc.  Seems as if yum did not considered base glibc package to be due 
> for update.  Running rpm -q glibc, shows that currently installed 
> version of glibc is 2.3.4-2 (and all the other currently installed glibc 
> packages are at the same version level).
> 
> I don't remember doing anything fancy on that laptop that could have 
> triggered this problem.  Basically, it was normal install (desktop+devel 
> packages mostly), and after that it was regulary updated from cron.
> 
> Of course, as a workaround I could download glibc and related packages 
> and update it by hand, and than rerun yum update to get all other 
> updates from 4.1.  But, I though it would be more fun if anybody could 
> give me hint or two why yum failed to update this particular system.

I had the same problem on a Pentium 166 machine. Is the laptop an i586
architecture? I am wondering if there is some exactarch weirdness going on
with yum. I needed to get the machine up and running, so I did as you said
and installed glibc and glibc-common by hand, then re-ran yum. 

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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