Yum update problem

[Gustavo Seabra]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Gustavo Seabra wrote:
>
>> Paul Howarth wrote:
>>
>>> Gustavo Seabra wrote:
>>>
>>>> I run yum update as a cron job every morning. Today I got this 
>>>> message from cron:
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>> /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron:
>>>>
>>>> Transaction Check Error:   package liboil-0.2.2-1.1.fc3.rf (which 
>>>> is newer than liboil-0.2.2-1.1.fc3.fr) is already installed
>>>>   file /usr/lib/liboiltmp1.so.0.0.0 conflicts between attempted 
>>>> installs of liboil-0.2.2-1.1.fc3.fr and liboil-0.3.0-1
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody knows what does that mean?
>>>>
>>>> yum info liboil gives me 2 answers:
>>>>
>>>> Name   : liboil
>>>> Arch   : i386
>>>> Version: 0.2.2
>>>> Release: 1.1.fc3.rf
>>>> Size   : 865 k
>>>> Repo   : installed
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> Name   : liboil
>>>> Arch   : i386
>>>> Version: 0.3.0
>>>> Release: 1
>>>> Size   : 102 k
>>>> Repo   : fedora-extras
>>>>
>>>> So I'd think the addition of *fedora-extras* repo  to my repos 
>>>> (yesterday) may have something to do with it, but I'm too novice to 
>>>> know anything more than that. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I have my repos installed in *.repo files:
>>>> $] ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
>>>> atrpms.repo         fedora.repo                  kde-redhat.repo
>>>> dag.repo            fedora-updates.repo          kde-stable.repo_old
>>>> fedora-devel.repo   fedora-updates-testing.repo  livna-stable.repo
>>>> fedora-extras.repo  freshrpms.repo
>>>>
>>>> where only the /stable/ parts are enabled.
>>>>
>>>> I'd really appreciate any hints here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It would seem that fedora extras conflicts with the rpmforge repos 
>>> (Dag & friends), which will come as no great surprise to anybody.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>>
>> Great :-(
>> So, what should I do to get updates? Disable one of them or just wait 
>> until they resolve the conflicts?
>
>
> Yes, disable one of them. Don't hold your breath waiting for the 
> conflicts to be resolved either, it probably isn't going to happen. 
> See http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#D

>
> I'd suggest adding "enabled=0" to one of the repos and then when you 
> want to install/update something from that repo, use:
>
> # yum --enablerepo=blah.blah install packagename
>
> Paul.
>
Thanks Paul, I'll do that. BTW, the web page makes no mentio of 
fedora-extras. Just a matter of time?

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Chemistry Department
Kansas State University
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