[CentOS] Yum missing dependency

Thu Jul 26 14:39:02 UTC 2007
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>

Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> 
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > > Bowie Bailey wrote:
> >>> Error: Missing Dependency: initscripts >= 7.93.26.EL-1 is needed by
> >>> package httpd
> >> 
> >> Show us the output of "yum -d 5 update", please.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Dep Number: 1/1
> > httpd requires: initscripts >= 7.93.26.EL-1
> > --> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 7.93.26.EL-1 for package:
httpd
> > Requiring package is from transaction set
> > Resolving for requiring package: httpd-2.0.52-32.3.ent.centos4 in state
u
> > Resolving for requirement: initscripts >= 7.93.26.EL-1
> > Searching pkgSack for dep: initscripts
> > Potential match for initscripts from initscripts -
7.93.25.EL-1.centos4.i386
> 
> This is really strange:
> 
> [admin at juwel ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
> CentOS release 4.5 (Final)
> [admin at juwel ~]$ rpm -q initscripts
> initscripts-7.93.29.EL-1.centos4.x86_64
> 
> And this is the version 4.5 comes with - 7.93.25 is the version from
> CentOS 4.4. 

And that is the clue I needed.

My base repository is still coming from the CentOS 4.4 CD isos via
mrepo.  I need to upgrade those isos to 4.5 and then everything should
work properly.

-- 
Bowie