________________________________ From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Ron Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:37 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum Update issues On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: yum-complete-transaction is part of yum-utils. I've seen that error if using third-party repositories or the mirror isn't fully updated Thanks for the information. I've downloaded the utility and ran yum-complete-transaction, but it won't clear it out. I guess the problem started when I attempted to install kaffeine on a Gnome Desktop (I've had trouble with vlc, so wanted to try kaffeine. vlc still doesn't work for DVDs (segmentation errors) but mplayer plays DVDs.) Here's what I get if I say no to installing kaffeine: [root at localhost ronb]# /usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: apt.sw.be * base: mirror.raystedman.net * updates: mirrors.kernel.org * addons: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu * extras: mirrors.xmission.com There are 2 outstanding transactions to complete. Finishing the most recent one The remaining transaction had 5 elements left to run There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. --> Running transaction check ---> Package kdnssd-avahi.i386 0:0.1.3-0.1.20060713svn.fc6 set to be updated ---> Package kdelibs.i386 6:3.5.4-18.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package kaffeine-devel.i386 0:0.7.1-1.2.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package avahi-qt3.i386 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 set to be updated ---> Package kaffeine.i386 0:0.7.1-1.2.el5.rf set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: avahi-qt3 i386 0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 updates 17 k kaffeine i386 0.7.1-1.2.el5.rf rpmforge 2.8 M kaffeine-devel i386 0.7.1-1.2.el5.rf rpmforge 778 k kdelibs i386 6:3.5.4-18.el5.centos base 18 M kdnssd-avahi i386 0.1.3-0.1.20060713svn.fc6 base 43 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 5 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total size: 22 M Is this ok [y/N]: n Exiting on user Command Not removing old transaction files If I try installing kaffeine (even though I no longer want to) yum-complete-transaction downloads the files but gives the following errors when it tries to install them: ... Total size: 22 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction", line 226, in ? util = YumCompleteTransaction() File "/usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction", line 116, in __init__ self.main() File "/usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction", line 196, in main if self.doTransaction() == 0: File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 439, in doTransaction raise yum.Errors.YumBaseError, errstring + '\n' + \ yum.Errors.YumBaseError: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-mplayer2.desktop conflicts between attempted installs of kaffeine-0.7.1-1.2.el5.rf.i386 and kdelibs-3.5.4-18.el5.centos.i386 Error Summary ------------- I'm not quite sure what this is telling me. Looks like some kind of conflict between mplayer and kaffeine? Maybe if I removed mplayer and then ran yum-complete-transaction? The file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-mplayer2.desktop doesn't exist. -- which really makes this odd. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3 This is caused by a packaging bug. They should not ship the x-mplayer2.desktop file in kdelibs nor in kaffeine, but rather have it in mplayer where it belongs. This should be handled in the %install section for these packages. -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239