[CentOS] problems with update of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3

[Gregory P. Ennis]

On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 11:02 +0100, Ned Slider wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> >> List,
> >>
> >> I have an 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5xen X86_64 machine that is failing to update
> >> perl.  I did not see any bugs reported on the list and was wondering if
> >> anyone else had the same problem with a solution.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Greg Ennis
> >>
> >>
> >> Updating:
> >>  perl                    x86_64     4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3  updates
> >> 12 M
> >>
> >> Transaction Summary
> >> ============================================================================= 
> >>
> >> Install      0 Package(s)
> >> Update       1 Package(s)
> >> Remove       0 Package(s)
> >>
> >> Total download size: 12 M
> >> Downloading Packages:
> >> Running rpm_check_debug
> >> Running Transaction Test
> >> Finished Transaction Test
> >>
> >>
> >> Transaction Check Error:
> >>   file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/pod/perldiag.pod from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/c2ph.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/dprofpp.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/find2perl.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/h2ph.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/h2xs.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/instmodsh.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/libnetcfg.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/perlbug.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/perlcc.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/perldiag.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/perlivp.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/piconv.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pl2pm.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2html.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2latex.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2man.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2text.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2usage.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/podchecker.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/podselect.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/prove.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/psed.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/pstruct.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/s2p.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/splain.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> >>   file /usr/share/man/man1/xsubpp.1.gz from install of
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
> >> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2
> > 
> > looks like you have both perl i386 and x86_64 installed ... do you need 
> > both?
> > 
> > If so, make sure extras is also enabled.
> > 
> 
> 
> Just saw the same issue here:
> 
> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14897&forum=37
> 
> Removing perl.i386 fixed it.
> 

Thanks very much.  It fixed this problem as well !!!!