[CentOS] Problem with "yum update"

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Joseph Hesse wrote:
> On 08/13/2013 10:38 AM, John Doe wrote:
>> From: Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com>
>>
>>> I am trying to update my system with yum and I keep getting this
>>> error message.
>>> ---> Package perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 0:2.020-131.el6_4 will be
>>> obsoleted
>>> ---> Package perl-IO-Compress.noarch 0:2.052-1.el6.rfx will be
>>> obsoleting
>> Repoforge extra wants to replace a base library with his version...
>> Other base packages need the old library.

> What steps should I take to fix this so I can do a successful "yum
> update"?

Well, you *could* try yum update --disablerepo=repoforge

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