[CentOS] Update from 7.3 to 7.4 failing because of architecture change from PPC64 to PPC

[Johnny Hughes]

On 09/18/2017 08:18 AM, Armin Kunaschik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having problems updating from 7.3 to 7.4 on my ppc64 (IBM Power7
> p770) installation.
> yum update stops with
> Error:  Multilib version problems found.
> [..]
> Protected multilib versions: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc !=
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7_4.1.ppc64
> 
> When I scroll back through the transaction check I see various package
> dependencies for *.ppc instead of *.ppc64.
> First appearance in the check is glibc.ppc and then everything goes nuts:
> [..]
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package boost-date-time.ppc64 0:1.53.0-27.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package elfutils-default-yama-scope.noarch 0:0.168-8.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package glibc.ppc 0:2.17-196.el7 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) for
> package: glibc-2.17-196.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so for package: glibc-2.17-196.el7.ppc
> ---> Package grub2-common.noarch 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos will be installed
> ---> Package grub2-ppc64.ppc64 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: grub2-ppc64-modules =
> 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos for package:
> 1:grub2-ppc64-2.02-0.64.el7.centos.ppc64
> ---> Package gtk-update-icon-cache.ppc64 0:3.22.10-4.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package libfastjson.ppc64 0:0.99.4-2.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package libseccomp.ppc64 0:2.3.1-3.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package nss-pem.ppc64 0:1.0.3-4.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package python-linux-procfs.noarch 0:0.4.9-3.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package python-schedutils.ppc64 0:0.4-6.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package stix-fonts.noarch 0:1.1.0-5.el7 will be installed
> ---> Package systemd-libs.ppc 0:219-42.el7 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libselinux.so.1 for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0) for
> package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam_misc.so.0 for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_MODUTIL_1.0) for
> package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_EXTENSION_1.0) for
> package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0) for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libpam.so.0 for package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0) for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: liblzma.so.5 for package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgpg-error.so.0 for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgcrypt.so.11(GCRYPT_1.2) for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgcrypt.so.11 for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3.1) for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libgcc_s.so.1 for package:
> systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libdw.so.1 for package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libcap.so.2 for package: systemd-libs-219-42.el7.ppc
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package elfutils-libs.ppc 0:0.168-8.el7 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: elfutils-libelf(ppc-32) = 0.168-8.el7 for
> package: elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.2.3) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1 for package: elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.7) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.6) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.5) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.4) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.3) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.1.1) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1(ELFUTILS_1.0) for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libelf.so.1 for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> --> Processing Dependency: libbz2.so.1 for package:
> elfutils-libs-0.168-8.el7.ppc
> [..]
> The current 7.3 has no .ppc at all installed. All filesets are ppc64 or noarch.
> 
> Is it possible, that the repo is damaged somehow? How can I create
> additional info? Any idea how to fix it?
> 

Try:

yum --exclude '*.ppc' upgrade


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