Matt Hyclak wrote: > On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 11:01:22AM -0400, Sam Drinkard enlightened us: > >> Just did an update with yum, and got this error when running the >> transaction check. >> >> Transaction Check Error: package freetype-2.1.9-1.2.2.el4.rf (which is >> newer than freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4) is already installed >> >> >> Yum then quit. What do I need to do to fix this error? This is a first >> for me. x86-64 machine. >> >> > > It would appear that you've updated freetype from the rpmforge repository, > and that repository is now disabled. You can either: > > - Ignore freetype updates from the CentOS repositories and continue to get > updates from rpmforge. > > - Uninstall the rpmforge rpm and reinstall the CentOS version, and exclude > freetype from any future updates from rpmforge > > Looking into the protectbase or priorities plugins to yum may help you > eliminate any future instances of this issue. > > FWIW, I leave the rpmforge repo enabled, but I use a specific list of > includepkgs so that only certain things that I know I need come from there. > > Matt > > I got it. I just excluded the freetype package and it went ahead and did the rest of the update. I'll have to remember that next time I do an update. Thanks... -sam -- Sam W.Drinkard -- sam at wa4phy.net NOAA Cooperative Observer http://wa4phy.net Augusta Area Mesonet