On 03/30/2010 12:47 AM Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 29 March 2010 13:21, ken <gebser at mousecar.com > <mailto:gebser at mousecar.com>> wrote: > > When I do "yum update gmime gmime-sharp" I get: > > ... > --> Missing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos is needed by > package gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 (installed) > Error: Missing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos is needed by > package gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 (installed) > ... > > But both of these are already installed: > > # rpm -q gmime gmime-sharp > gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos > gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos > > So: > > # package-cleanup --problems > Setting up yum > Reading local RPM database > Processing all local requires > No problems found > > Running the above "yum update ..." again yields the same bogus error > messages. I've had problems with these two packages before. Why can't > yum understand rpm for them? > > > Thanks for the wisdom. > > Have you tried 'yum cleanall' and then do a yum update? I've done a 'yum clean' and then run 'yum update' and get the same result as above. My hunch is that the problem is particular to these two packages (gmime and gmime-sharp)... because I've had repeated problems with just them. Updating thirty-some other packages went smoothly.