[CentOS] updates issue

[Rob Kampen]

On 09/22/2013 02:31 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 09:55:33PM +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
>>   > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:21:51PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
>>   >> Since doing "yum update" this morning, an update that installed several
>>   >> packages, the updater shows me 3 packages to install:
>>   >>
>>   >> hpijs-1:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 (x86_64)
>>   >> hplip-common-3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 (x86_64)
>>   >> hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 (x86_64)
>>   >>
>>   >> but when I attempt to actually run the update I get:
>>   >>
>>   >> hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6.i686 requires libsane.so.1
>>   >> hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6.i686 requires hplip-common = 3.12.4-4.el6 :
>> Success - empty transaction
>>   >>
>>   >> this is a 64-bit computer running 6.4 x86_64, and none of these 3
>> packages
>>   >> as installed is i686 they are all x86_64.
>>   >>
>>   >> So, why would I be getting errors saying that the 32-bit packages have
>>   >> certain requirements that aren't being met? there are no such 32-bit
>>   >> packages on this computer.
>>   >>
>>   >> # yum list installed | grep -y hplip-libs
>>   >> hplip-libs.x86_64       3.12.4-4.el6    @cr
>>   >>
>>
>>
>> Fred Smith wrote:
>>> No takers on this question?
>>>
>>> One bit of added info: ALL of the SANE packages on the system are 64-bit.
>>>
>>> why is it complaining of 32-bit dependency failures?
>>
>> please don't top-post.
> Of course you're right. thanks for the reminder.
>
>> you should provide more info to help people help you: repos configured
>> including priorities, exact output of the yum command perhaps with some
>> level of the -d switch.
> OK, using -d 6 I get a ton of output, some of which may be enlightening
> to those who understand yum's insides.
>
> The output around lines 108-111, and 125-134 seem interesting, in that's
> where it seems to go off the deep end looking for i686 packages instead
> of x86_64. I don't know why it would do that, but there must be a good
> reason.
>
> Please note that I have NOT installed the "official" SANE packages from
> Centos, but rather those from Frank Cox's repo since he's rebuilt them
> to work with Canon LiDe scanners, which I have, and the Centos repo
> packages do not support. It's not clear to me that this would be related,
> but it seemed proper to divulge. (see a short thread in this list from
> Feb 2013 where both Frank and Akemi posted helpful info for this issue.)
>
> Here's the output with numbered lines:
>
> yum -d 6 update
<snip>
> 115:Checking deps for hpijs.x86_64 1:3.12.4-4.el6 - ud
> 116:---> Package hpijs.x86_64 1:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 will be an update
> 117:Checking deps for hpijs.x86_64 1:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 - u
> 118:looking for ('hplip-libs', 'EQ', ('0', '3.12.4', '4.el6_4.1')) as a requirement of hpijs.x86_64 1:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 - u
> 119:---> Package hplip-common.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6 will be updated
> 120:Checking deps for hplip-common.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6 - ud
> 121:---> Package hplip-common.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 will be an update
> 122:Checking deps for hplip-common.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 - u
> 123:---> Package hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6 will be updated
> 124:Checking deps for hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6 - ud
> 125:libsane-hpaio-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64 requires: hplip-libs = 3.12.4-4.el6
> 126:--> Processing Dependency: hplip-libs = 3.12.4-4.el6 for package: libsane-hpaio-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64
> 127:Potential Provider: hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6
> 128:Mode is ud for provider of hplip-libs = 3.12.4-4.el6: hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6
> 129:Mode for pkg providing hplip-libs = 3.12.4-4.el6: ud
> 130:Trying to update libsane-hpaio-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64 to resolve dep
> 131:No update paths found for libsane-hpaio-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64. Failure!
> 132:Searching pkgSack for dep: hplip-libs
> 133:hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64 is in providing packages but it is already installed, removing.
> 134:TSINFO: Marking hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6.i686 as install for libsane-hpaio-3.12.4-4.el6.x86_64
> 135:---> Package hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 will be an update
> 136:Checking deps for hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 - u
> 137:looking for ('hplip-common', 'EQ', ('0', '3.12.4', '4.el6_4.1')) as a requirement of hplip-libs.x86_64 0:3.12.4-4.el6_4.1 - u
> 138:--> Running transaction check
> 139:---> Package hplip-libs.i686 0:3.12.4-4.el6 will be installed
> 140:Checking deps for hplip-libs.i686 0:3.12.4-4.el6 - u
<snip>
It seems that the above lines show the issue. particularly lines 130 ~ 136.
Where did you get this package, I believe it is looking for info related 
to this package but it is not in any .repo you have defined.
HTH