Conflicts with new packages? (NetworkManager and wireless-tools)

[Rob van Nieuwkerk]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:56:28 -0800 (PST)
David Hoffman <dhoffman_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I got a notification today of an update for NetworkManager and an
> update for wireless-tools.
> 
> Prior to this update, I was using the following versions:
> NetworkManager-0.3.1-3
> wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3
> 
> When attempting to update with yum, yum complained of the need for
> installing wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 to resolve dependencies.
> 
> When I attempted to allow that, it failed because wireless-tools.i386
> 1:27-0.pre25.3 was already installed and was newer. The update FAILED.
> 
> If I try to manually update wireless-tools to the new version, it
> complains because libiw.so.27 is required by NetworkManager. The new
> version of wireless-tools changes the version of this file to
> libiw.so.28. So I figured since NetworkManager was also being upgraded
> today, then that dependency might change as well, and the new version
> should look for the 28 version.
> 
> That being the case, I attempted to manually update NetworkManager, and
> that worked. But then when I again attempted to update wireless-tools,
> it complained that NetworkManager required libiw.so.27.
> 
> So the NEW NetworkManager requires a file that is only provided by the
> OLD wireless-tools. And that means that both files cannot be upgraded
> to the most recent released versions.
> 
> 
> Anyone want to throw their 2 cents in the ring and see if this is just
> something I am doing wrong?

Hi David,

You're not alone: same problem here.
It's a package dependancy problem.  Don't now which package is to blame.
Cc-ed the wireless-tools update creator (Dan Williams).

	greetings,
	Rob van Nieuwkerk


yum output showing the problem on my FC3 machine:
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verdi /home/robn 16 # yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo:  updates-released
repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
Setting up Repo:  base
repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files
updates-re: ################################################## 512/512
base      : ################################################## 2622/2622
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: kdenetwork
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
  Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
  Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:   file /sbin/ifrename conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwconfig conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwevent conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwgetid conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwlist conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwpriv conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwspy conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/include/iwlib.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/include/wireless.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/lib/libiw.so conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man5/iftab.5.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/ifrename.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwevent.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwgetid.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwspy.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
verdi /home/robn 17 # 
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