[CentOS] yum upgrade php dependency failure

[William Hooper]

On Feb 6, 2008 12:00 AM, Ed Morrison <edward.morrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to upgrade php to version 5.   When running yum upgrade I
> get this failure:
>
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3.22.9 for package: php-pear
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3.22.9 is needed by package php-pear
>
> but the required php version is installed:

You are reading the message wrong.  You are trying to remove php-4.3.9
because you are upgrading to php-5.  Yum won't remove php-4.3.9
because it is needed by php-pear.  Either find an updated php-pear or
try removing it.

-- 
William Hooper