On 11/28/2010 01:58 PM William Hooper wrote: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >> # yum update >> ... >> --> Running transaction check >> --> Processing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos for package: >> gmime-sharp >> ---> Package gmime20.i386 0:2.2.26-1.el5.rf set to be updated >> --> Finished Dependency Resolution >> gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems >> --> 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) >> ... >> >> # rpm -q gmime gmime-sharp >> gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos >> gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos >> >> This would seem like a bug... or why is yum trying to install package >> versions which are already installed? > > You need to take a closer look at what yum is trying to install. This > message is telling you yum won't update the package because it will > break a dependency on another installed package. yum's trying to install gmime20. This doesn't exist on my system. What dependency would break by installing it? > I would guess that > you are either mixing repos, or one of the repos isn't internally > consistent. So is gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos on SF different from gmime-2.2.10-5.el5.centos on other repos? Is gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos on SF different from gmime-sharp-2.2.10-5.el5.centos on other repos? > > I notice that you are using RPMForge, did you see the changes going on > there with RPMForge-Extras? > http://lists.rpmforge.net/pipermail/users/2010-November/003411.html This page is quite vague, so much so that it's of little help. > > If the problem persists you will probably want to take it to the > RPMForge list (and provide the full yum output) > >