[CentOS] yum update fails

Paolo Supino wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a system that I'm trying to run `yum update` on. It fails with
> the following error:
> Running rpm_check_debug
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
>
>
> Transaction Check Error:
> file /usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz from install of
> xdelta-1.1.4-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package xdelta-1.1.3-20
> file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psvn.el from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/man/man1/svn.1.gz from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/man/man1/svnadmin.1.gz from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/man/man1/svnlook.1.gz from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/man/man5/svnserve.conf.5.gz from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/man/man8/svnserve.8.gz from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/psvn.el from install of
> subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
>
> Error Summary
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>
>
> How do I resolve this problem?
>
you are running 64bit, rpmforge doesn't have subversion 32bit in the 
64bit arch
so you will need to uninstall subversion : rpm -e subversion
and install again : yum install subversion
I think it is the same procedure for xdelta