On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Mark Pryor wrote: > --- On Fri, 1/30/09, Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> wrote: > > > From: Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> > > Subject: [CentOS] Yum update conflicts perl-Math-BigInt > > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > > Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 1:13 PM > > I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up > > *yum-priorities*. > > I added the rpmforge repo > > I installed clamd without a problem. > > Now when I go to update I get conflicts with > > perl-Math-BigInt. > > > > Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then > > install the > > rpmforge version? > > Take a deep breath there... the base version is Perl itself - Math::BigInt > is a core module in C5. > > I would like to know why the developers of Clamd feel the need to use the > latest perl-Math-BigInt? Try checking your /var/log/yum.log to see if this > RPM was installed coincident with Clamd. Perhaps you can exclude it > somehow. ClamAV does not need perl-Math-BigInt. And FWIW, the latter has not been updated since 21 Apr 2008. -- Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>