[CentOS] Problem with "yum update"

Ljubomir Ljubojevic centos at plnet.rs
Wed Aug 14 07:12:38 UTC 2013


On 08/13/2013 07:14 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> 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
>

Repoforge "yum update --disablerepo=repoforge" is not a problem,

only Repoforge-extras creates problems, so run:

yum update --disablerepo=repoforge-extras


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