ken wrote:
Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve the dependencies piecemeal: # yum update faad2 .... --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) .... # rpm -q ffmpeg ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf Could it be that there's a packaging error in faad2 ?
the yum output tells you exactly what is going on here.
ffmpeg needs the file libfaad.so.0.
$ yumdownloader -q faad2 ... faad2 -2.7 -1 .el5 .rf .i386 .rpm | 354 kB 00:00 $ rpm -qlp --provides ./faad2-2.7-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | grep libfaad.so libfaad.so.2 /usr/lib/libfaad.so.2 /usr/lib/libfaad.so.2.0.0 $
the updated faad2 package does not provide libfaad.so.0; it provides libfaad.so.2, and thus it is not compatible with the installed ffmpeg package. your choices are essentially as follows:
* if you need the updated faad2 for some other reason, uninstall ffmpeg * if you don't need the updated faad2, add faad2 to your exclusion list for yum so that you don't keep seeing messages about it * request a rebuild of ffmpeg against the updated faad2
-steve
p.s. please keep further discussion of this issue on <users@lists.rpmforge.net
, where it belongs :)
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