[CentOS] yum is dumb in update of gmime & gmime-sharp

[William Hooper]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote:
> # yum update
> ...
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos for package:
> gmime-sharp
> ---> Package gmime20.i386 0:2.2.26-1.el5.rf set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
>  --> Missing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos is needed by
> package gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos is needed by
> package gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
> ...
>
> # rpm -q gmime gmime-sharp
> gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos
> gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos
>
> This would seem like a bug... or why is yum trying to install package
> versions which are already installed?

You need to take a closer look at what yum is trying to install.  This
message is telling you yum won't update the package because it will
break a dependency on another installed package.  I would guess that
you are either mixing repos, or one of the repos isn't internally
consistent.

I notice that you are using RPMForge, did you see the changes going on
there with RPMForge-Extras?
http://lists.rpmforge.net/pipermail/users/2010-November/003411.html

If the problem persists you will probably want to take it to the
RPMForge list (and provide the full yum output)


-- 
William Hooper