[FC3] YUM not resolving dependencies?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:02:10 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:

> At 1:59 PM +0200 6/25/05, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:34:09 -0500, M.Lewis wrote:
>  ...
> >> Thanks Alexander. I have no doubt the packages are there. I can see
> >> them. The question is if their are dependencies, then why didn't yum
> >> resolve them and download the required files.
> >
> >Most likely because you have Fedora Extras enabled, which contains the
> >newer perl-Razor-Agent-2.71-1.fc3, which fixes a vulnerability, whereas
> >the version one of your dependencies need is an old one. When solving
> >dependencies automatically, Yum only sees the most recent version of a
> >package and hence doesn't see perl-Razor-Agent = 2.40-1.1.fc3.rf
> 
> So he can work around the problem by doing this?
> 
> # yum --disablerepo=fedora-extras install razor-agents

Frankly, I have no idea. And I cannot really recommend installing a
vulnerable version of perl-Razor-Agents. Better install the newer
one from Extras.

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Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at users.sf.net>
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