Package update failure

[antonio montagnani]

Axel Thimm wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 04:39:27PM +0100, antonio montagnani wrote:
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>>A short resume:
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>>I get a red alert from Update icon.
>>Yum has to be updated
>>When I try to update it I get the following message:
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>>file /etc/yum.conf from install of yum-2.0.5-1.fd.fr conflicts with file 
>>from atrpms-36-rh-fc1.at
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>That is quite old. atrpms is at version 45 and these conflicts do not
>exist anymore.
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Done...

>>and upgrade aborts.
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>>Of course there is no way to disinstall atrpms as many other packages 
>>depend on it. many packages were installed from
>>http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de/
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>>Any suggestion???
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>Try apt-get dist-upgrade and apt will upgrade the packages. Or yum upgrade.
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Why do many packages (about 50 on my system) require atrpms?? for 
example autoconf, openjade, expat (all with extension at) or 
xawtv....this means that atrps cannot be disinstalled: it is not a 
probel but a curiosity!!!

Tnx for help

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