RFC: best way to fix the regular yum dependency problems with add-on packages from 3rd party repositories
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Aug 2 17:41:41 UTC 2008
Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> $ yum update phonon*
>> Error: Missing Dependency: phonon = 4.2.0-1.fc10 is needed by
>> package phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.2.0-1.fc10.x86_64 (installed)
>>
>
> There's phonon-backend-gst which is supposed to obsolete that pkg
> (if the Obsoletes/Provides tags in it are correct).
Oops, fixed in phonon-4.2.0-3 (building now).
> The rawhide broken deps checker cannot detect this as it no longer sees
> the old phono-backend-gstreamer. (and I think the repoclosure version that
> is used doesn't handle obsoletes yet anyway)
>
>> $ yum update digikam*
>> Transaction Check Error:
>> file /usr/share/icons/oxygen/128x128/apps/digikam.png from install of
>> digikam-0.10.0-0.1.beta2.fc10.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> oxygen-icon-theme-4.1.0-1.fc10.noarch
>
> Conflicts are not dependency issues and are not checked for.
blarg. easyfix too, forthcoming.
-- Rex
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