[CentOS] Yum update failure

[Akemi Yagi]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM,  <centos at 911networks.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 5.3 and am trying to do the latest update:
>
>  sudo yum  update
>
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
(snip)
> ---> Package file.i386 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated

> --> Processing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime for package: httpd
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
>  --> Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
>
> I haven't heard of anybody complaining, so I must be doing something wrong.

Do a 'yum clean all' and try again.  This is a known problem:

http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3613

Akemi