Blender package broken with RHEL 5.6

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 03:05:45PM -0800, Steve Cleveland wrote:
> When trying to update a system to RHEL 5.6, I'm running into
> problems with the already installed blender package.  It appears to
> be an issue with it's dependency on gettext:
> 
> # yum update gettext
> Loaded plugins: kmdl, rhnplugin, security
> This system is not registered with RHN.
> RHN support will be disabled.
> Skipping security plugin, no data
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> Skipping security plugin, no data
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libgettextlib-0.14.6.so()(64bit) for
> package: blender
> ---> Package gettext.i386 0:0.17-1.el5 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: libgomp.so.1 for package: gettext
> --> Processing Dependency: libgomp.so.1(GOMP_1.0) for package: gettext
> ---> Package gettext.x86_64 0:0.17-1.el5 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libgettextlib-0.14.6.so()(64bit) for
> package: blender
> ---> Package libgomp.i386 0:4.4.4-13.el5 set to be updated
> ---> Package libgomp.x86_64 0:4.4.4-13.el5 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> blender-2.49b-8.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>   --> Missing Dependency: libgettextlib-0.14.6.so()(64bit) is needed
> by package blender-2.49b-8.el5.x86_64 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: libgettextlib-0.14.6.so()(64bit) is
> needed by package blender-2.49b-8.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

looks like the soname of gettext was bumped. which means blender will
need to be rebuilt against the new gettext.  best bet would be to file a
bug against blender and the maintainer can then issue the rebuild and
create an update

Dennis
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