[CentOS] updates issue

[Fred Smith]

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 03:00:06PM +1200, Rob Kampen wrote:
> 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

# yum list installed | grep sane
libsane-hpaio.x86_64    3.12.4-4.el6    @cr  

so it came from the CR repo, apparently.


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