[CentOS] yum upgrade not working

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On 21/12/14 02:25, Tim Dunphy wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm attempting to upgrade a Centos 5.9 machine to CentOS 5.10.
> 
> But when I try the yum update command I get this response:
> 
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> python26-PyYAML-3.08-5.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>   --> Missing Dependency: libyaml-0.so.1()(64bit) is needed by package
> python26-PyYAML-3.08-5.el5.x86_64 (installed)
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.centos.plus set to be
> erased
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-194.11.4.el5 set to be erased
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 set to be erased
> ---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5 set to be erased
> --> Processing Dependency: libyaml-0.so.1()(64bit) for package:
> python26-PyYAML
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> python26-PyYAML-3.08-5.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>   --> Missing Dependency: libyaml-0.so.1()(64bit) is needed by package
> python26-PyYAML-3.08-5.el5.x86_64 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: libyaml-0.so.1()(64bit) is needed by package
> python26-PyYAML-3.08-5.el5.x86_64 (installed)
>  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>  You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
>                         package-cleanup --dupes
>                         rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> 
> 
> The system claims that it can't find libyaml-0.so.1, however I can easily
> locate it:
> 
> [root at ops:~] #locate libyaml-0.so.1
> /usr/lib64/libyaml-0.so.1
> /usr/lib64/libyaml-0.so.1.1.0
> 

What does rpm say? 'rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib64/libyaml-0.so.1'

> Can someone please point me in the right direction for solving these
> problems?
> 

These are not CentOS packages (python26-PyYAML and libyaml). I would
suggest you ask on the appropriate list for whichever repository these
packages were installed from (rpm -qi should tell you).

> Thanks
> Tim
>