On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/13/2013 10:38 AM, John Doe wrote: > > From: Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> > > > >> I am trying to update my system with yum and I keep getting this > >> error message. > >> ---> Package perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 0:2.020-131.el6_4 will be obsoleted > >> ---> Package perl-IO-Compress.noarch 0:2.052-1.el6.rfx will be > obsoleting > > Repoforge extra wants to replace a base library with his version... > > Other base packages need the old library. > > > > JD > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > What steps should I take to fix this so I can do a successful "yum update"? > Thanks again, > Joe Hesse > If you're using third party repositories, you should also be using the yum-priorities plugin, and set the priorities for all repos to avoid conflicts. http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities ❧ Brian Mathis