on 12/10/2007 5:06 AM Kai Schaetzl spake the following:
Ftnx wrote on Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:25:16 -0500:
Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man3/File::Temp.3pm.gz from install of perl-File-Temp-0.19-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
I'm not sure, but I think this means that your *attempted* install of the rpmforge package fails! (So, this is from your attempt to fix the problem, it didn't create the problem!)
I started looking for the problem, when amavisd-new failed with an error pointing to File::Temp.
It may not have failed because of the attempted installation above, but because amavisd-new needs functionality that is not in the core File::Temp, but only in perl-File-Temp-0.19-1. Coincidentally (?) the very latest MailScanner also needs the very latest perl-File-Temp ... AFAIK it is not recommended to replace files from the Perl core package.
Kai
This has been a sore spot with some rpm distros. Perl should be packaged as a core, and all other modules should be just that, modules. The trouble would be who will define what is the core of perl, and what is modular. Some times you can only solve these with a rpm --force, rpm --nodeps, or CPAN. And none of these options are optimal.