[CentOS] magic.mime dependency problem between file and httpd

Thu May 21 21:36:38 UTC 2009
Kevin Krieser <k_krieser at sbcglobal.net>

On May 21, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de 
> > wrote:
>> Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>>> ---> 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)
>>>
>>> So what is wrong and why?
>>
>> We still don't know why, but yum clean metadata or yum clean all  
>> should fix
>> that problem.
>
> Indeed, yum clean all && yum update did fix it. Thanks! :-)
>

So it wasn't just me.  But I fixed it by rpm --nodeps -e file, then I  
could finish updating, then I did a yum install file