I found these dependency problems when running repoclosure with the -n
option, which makes repoclosure consider only the newest versions of
each package. #1 and #3 are only a problem if EPEL is enabled. I'm not
sure if these require any action, but I wanted to get these off my chest
anyway.
Issue #1, gmime:
The following packages are in CentOS 5 Extras:
- gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos
- gmime-devel-2.2.10-5.el5.centos
- gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos
EPEL has:
- gmime-2.2.26-1.el5
- gmime-devel-2.2.26-1.el5
Now if someone has gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos and its dependency
gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos installed and runs "yum update" with EPEL
enabled, there will be a dependency problem. yum would like to update
gmime to 2.2.26, but it can't, because the old version is required for
gmime-sharp.
Issue #2, drbd:
The following packages are in CentOS 5 Extras:
- drbd-8.0.16-5.el5.centos
- drbd82-8.2.6-1.el5.centos
- drbd83-8.3.15-2.el5.centos
- kmod-drbd-8.0.16-5.el5_3
- kmod-drbd-xen-8.0.16-5.el5_3
- kmod-drbd82-8.2.6-2
- kmod-drbd82-xen-8.2.6-2
- kmod-drbd83-8.3.15-3.el5.centos
- kmod-drbd83-xen-8.3.15-3.el5.centos
If I install kmod-drbd and its dependency drbd with "yum install
kmod-drbd" and then run "yum update drbd", yum will attempt to replace
drbd with drbd82, because drbd82 obsoletes drbd. This will fail, because
drbd is required by kmod-drbd.
Issue #3, xfprint:
xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos is in CentOS 5 Extras. If I have installed
that with "yum install xfprint --disablerepo=epel" and then run "yum
update" with EPEL enabled, I get this:
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3()(64bit) for package:
xfprint
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3()(64bit) for
package: xfprint
---> Package libxfce4util.x86_64 0:4.6.2-1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package libxfcegui4.x86_64 0:4.6.4-1.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.2 for package: xfprint
---> Package xfce4-settings.x86_64 0:4.6.5-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libexo-0.3.so.0()(64bit) for package:
xfce4-settings
---> Package xfconf.x86_64 0:4.6.2-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package exo.x86_64 0:0.3.107-2.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xfce4-doc for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3()(64bit) for package:
xfprint
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3()(64bit) for
package: xfprint
--> Processing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.2 for package: xfprint
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3()(64bit) for package:
xfprint
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3()(64bit) for
package: xfprint
--> Processing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.2 for package: xfprint
---> Package xfce4-doc.x86_64 0:4.6.2-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3()(64bit) is needed by
package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.2 is needed by
package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3()(64bit) is needed
by package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3()(64bit) is needed by
package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.2 is needed by
package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3()(64bit) is needed
by package xfprint-4.4.2-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (installed)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
If I now remove xfprint and run "yum update" again with EPEL enabled, I get:
---> Package libxfce4util.x86_64 0:4.6.2-1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package libxfcegui4.x86_64 0:4.6.4-1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package xfce4-settings.x86_64 0:4.6.5-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libexo-0.3.so.0()(64bit) for package:
xfce4-settings
---> Package xfconf.x86_64 0:4.6.2-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package exo.x86_64 0:0.3.107-2.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xfce4-doc for package: exo
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xfce4-doc.x86_64 0:4.6.2-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository
Size
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Installing:
xfce4-settings x86_64 4.6.5-3.el5 epel
324 k
replacing xfce-mcs-manager.x86_64 4.4.2-1.el5.centos
xfconf x86_64 4.6.2-3.el5 epel
152 k
replacing libxfce4mcs.x86_64 4.4.2-1.el5.centos
Updating:
libxfce4util x86_64 4.6.2-1.el5 epel
122 k
libxfcegui4 x86_64 4.6.4-1.el5 epel
351 k
Installing for dependencies:
exo x86_64 0.3.107-2.el5 epel
1.8 M
xfce4-doc x86_64 4.6.2-3.el5 epel
219 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 4 Package(s)
Upgrade 2 Package(s)
This will update the packages as described. I provided this listing to
hopefully provide a better picture of which packages are obsoleted by
other packages.