[CentOS] Update issue - tar package problem?

[Tom Brown]

> # yum update
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, rhnplugin
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
>
> <snip>
>
> ---> Package tar.x86_64 2:1.15.1-32.el5_8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: /bin/tar for package: redhat-lsb
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>  --> Missing Dependency: /bin/tar is needed by package
> redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: /bin/tar is needed by package
> redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 (installed)
>  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>  You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
>                        package-cleanup --dupes
>                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>
> # rpm -ql tar | grep bin
> /bin/gtar
> /bin/tar
>
> # ll /bin/tar
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 230464 Mar 31  2010 /bin/tar
>
> # rpm -q tar
> tar-1.15.1-30.el5
>
> # rpm -ivh http://vault.centos.org/5.7/os/i386/CentOS/tar-1.15.1-30.el5.i386.rpm
> Retrieving http://vault.centos.org/5.7/os/i386/CentOS/tar-1.15.1-30.el5.i386.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>   1:tar                    ########################################### [100%]
>
> # yum update
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, rhnplugin
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
>
> <big snip>
>
> Transaction Summary
> =================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
> Install       4 Package(s)
> Upgrade     263 Package(s)
> Remove        2 Package(s)
> Reinstall     0 Package(s)
> Downgrade     0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 417 M
> Is this ok [y/N]:
>
> So tar really really is there but it only starts working when the i386
> package is put onto the system, even though this is a x86_64 box

To close the loop on this by making the 32 bit tar package available
to the system during the update allowed the update to progress as it
got pulled in as a dep during the yum run and all was happy.

thanks