FIXED: Re: rpmtsOrder failed, 623 elements remain

[Chris Rouch <cdvr pobox com>]

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 11:18, Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 20:15, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > Chris Rouch wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder /a/shrike/cdrom i386 > pkgorder.txt
> > > 
> > > (/a/shrike/cdrom contains the RedHat directory etc.) I get the error
> > > message:
> > > 
> > > rpmtsOrder failed, 623 elements remain
> > > 
> 

I had a look at the source for the rpm package that produces this
message (rpm-4.2-0.69), had a lie down in a darkened room and then tried
a different approach.

By trial and error I found that if I ommitted boa (a lightweight web
server) then pkgorder would complete successfully. I tried to rebuild
the .src.rpm for RH 9, but still got the original error. 

boa explicitly provides webserver, and so does httpd-2.0.40-21. I was
trying to install both. I think this confuses pkgorder. If I removed the
'Provides:' line in the boa spec file and rebuilt it, then pkgorder
complted without errors.

So for my particular setup the problem is solved. In general I think
this points to a bug (or at least a limitation) in pkgorder. 

Should I bugzilla this? 

Regards,

Chris