[CentOS] Upgrade to CentOS6.6: mpich dep error

Wed Oct 29 09:35:02 UTC 2014
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 10/29/2014 03:59 AM, wwp wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> 
> I'm checking if I can upgrade safely from CentOS6.5 to 6.6 using yum,
> and here's what it says:
> 
> =====================
> [snip]
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.centos.plus will be erased
> ---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.centos.plus will be erased
> ---> Package mpich2.x86_64 0:1.2.1-2.3.el6 will be obsoleted
> --> Processing Dependency: libmpich.so.1.2()(64bit) for package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libmpichf90.so.1.2()(64bit) for package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: mpich2 for package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64
> Package mpich2 is obsoleted by mpich, but obsoleting package does not provide for requirements
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64 (@epel)
>            Requires: mpich2
>            Removing: mpich2-1.2.1-2.3.el6.x86_64 (@base)
>                mpich2 = 1.2.1-2.3.el6
>            Obsoleted By: mpich-3.1-4.el6.x86_64 (base)
>                Not found
> Error: Package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64 (@epel)
>            Requires: libmpichf90.so.1.2()(64bit)
>            Removing: mpich2-1.2.1-2.3.el6.x86_64 (@base)
>                libmpichf90.so.1.2()(64bit)
>            Obsoleted By: mpich-3.1-4.el6.x86_64 (base)
>                Not found
> Error: Package: hdf5-mpich2-1.8.5.patch1-7.el6.x86_64 (@epel)
>            Requires: libmpich.so.1.2()(64bit)
>            Removing: mpich2-1.2.1-2.3.el6.x86_64 (@base)
>                libmpich.so.1.2()(64bit)
>            Obsoleted By: mpich-3.1-4.el6.x86_64 (base)
>                Not found
>  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>  You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> =====================
> 
> Those packages depend on mpich2.x86_64:
> 
>  boost-graph-mpich2                      x86_64                     1.41.0-18.el6                           @base                     440 k
>  boost-mpich2                            x86_64                     1.41.0-18.el6                           @base                     353 k
>  boost-mpich2-python                     x86_64                     1.41.0-18.el6                           @base                      44 k
>  hdf5-mpich2                             x86_64                     1.8.5.patch1-7.el6                      @epel                     6.8 M
>  mpich2-devel                            x86_64                     1.2.1-2.3.el6                           @base                     6.8 M
> 
> I presume it's the dep from hdf5mich from epel which is blocking..
> Any hint about what I could do now?
> 

This is a known epel problem, they are working on it:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155089


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