[CentOS] Problem with "yum update"

Brian Mathis brian.mathis+centos at betteradmin.com
Tue Aug 13 17:11:57 UTC 2013


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
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> 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



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