On 07/02/2015 03:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> OK, here ya go --
>>
>> Obsoleting Packages
>>
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>
> rpmforge née RepoForge is not being updated much anymore and is no
> longer a 'good' repository. for an example perl-IO-Compress hasn't been
> updated since 2012. anyways, perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 is part of base
> in el6.
>
> I would uninstall any packages you need that are from rpmforge, remove
> that repo from your repos.d and find equivalent packages in a better
> supported repository.
>
> this should list any RepoForge packages that are already installed on
> your system...
>
> rpm -qa |egrep \\.rf
>
>
Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to
use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even
have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository
entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep
getting messages about updating something I don't have installed.
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