On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net> wrote: > I suppose it's more of a frustration with myself, but can some kind soul > please help me with the procedure to tell yum a package is in fact > installed? Here is the output from the command "yum update". > --> Processing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf for package: clamav > --> Processing Dependency: clamav-lib = 0.88.2-2.el4.kb for package: > clamav-server > --> Processing Dependency: libclamav.so.1 for package: clamav-server > --> Processing Dependency: clamd = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf for package: > clamav-milter > --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Package clamav-lib.i386 0:0.88.2-2.el4.kb set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf for package: clamav > --> Processing Dependency: clamd = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf for package: > clamav-milter > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > Error: Missing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf is needed by > package clamav > Error: Missing Dependency: clamd = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf is needed by package > clamav-milter > > > As you can see in the last two lines, clamav-db and clamd appear to be > missing, but I assure you, clamav-milter and clamav as well as the > database are here, and running quite well. I even went so far as to do > an erase of both, and both times, yum shows them as being installed. Of > course I did not erase them, but if it finds them to be installed, why > does it say they are missing during an update attempt? > > I'm off the digest currently, so I can more quickly respond with further > info if needed. Okay. Take a look at clamav-db = 0.92.1-1.el4.rf for package: clamav then look at clamav-lib = 0.88.2-2.el4.kb for package: clamav-server One is from the kbs repo, and one is from rpmforge. Mostly, you're mixing similar packages from different repositories. This is a bad thing, and the reason for the existence of priorities, and protectbase plugins, as well as include/exclude statements on a per repository basis. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell