Yum - rpm package dependency problems - inconsistent rpm versions

[Captain Bubudiu]

 --- Dan <lists.munckfish at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: 
> Hi
> 
> We are running handful of Fedora Core 3
> workstations. We have just setup 
> for yum updates for each machine. 3 of the machines
> wouldn't update due 
> to dependency errors. Here's one of the error
> readouts:
> 
>  From machine 1:
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: php= 4.3.9-3 for package:
> php-ldap
> --> Processing Dependency: php= 4.3.9-3 for package:
> php-pear
> --> Processing Dependency: php= 4.3.9-3 for package:
> php-mysql
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: php is needed by package
> php-ldap
> Error: Missing Dependency: php is needed by package
> php-pear
> Error: Missing Dependency: php is needed by package
> php-mysql
> 
> Running rpm -qa | grep php revealed inconsistent
> package versions:
> 
> php-mysql-4.3.11-2.5
> php-pear-4.3.9-3
> php-4.3.9-3
> php-pear-4.3.11-2.5
> php-ldap-4.3.11-2.5
> php-mysql-4.3.9-3
> 
> We easily resolved this by uninstalling php (and all
> dependents) and the 
> reinstalling. Fine. However, we won't be able to do
> this on the other 
> machines as some of the packages involved are system
> related such as 
> xorg and hal.
> 
> These machines are all the same, they have the
> default files setup in 
> /etc/yum.repos.d/ other than fedora-updates.repo
> which points to our 
> local cache repos of the updates. None of the
> machines had been updated 
> before.
> 
> So my questions are:
> 
> 1. I noticed from the list that others have been
> experiencing similar 
> problems, does anyone know how some machines can get
> into this state and 
> not others?
> 2. Can anyone recommend a safe way to resolve the
> dependency problem 
> involving system packages? (Yum errors listed below)
> 
>  From machine 2:
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-ncurses
> Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11 = 6.8.1-12 is
> needed by package 
> xorg-x11-Xvfb
> Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 7.4.6 is
> needed by package 
> postgresql-contrib
> Error: Missing Dependency: cyrus-imapd =
> 2.2.6-2.FC3.6 is needed by 
> package cyrus-imapd-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: samba = 0:3.0.8 is needed
> by package samba-swat
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-mysql
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-mbstring
> Error: Missing Dependency: ImageMagick-c++ = 6.0.7.1
> is needed by 
> package ImageMagick-c++-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: cyrus-imapd =
> 2.2.6-2.FC3.6 is needed by 
> package cyrus-imapd-nntp
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-snmp
> Error: Missing Dependency: kdeartwork = 3.3.0 is
> needed by package 
> kdeartwork-icons
> Error: Missing Dependency: kdeedu = 3.3.0-1 is
> needed by package 
> kdeedu-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-xmlrpc
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-odbc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libgcj = 3.4.2 is needed
> by package libgcj-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 7.4.6 is
> needed by package 
> postgresql-test
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-gd
> Error: Missing Dependency: bind = 20:9.2.4-2 is
> needed by package bind-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: gnumeric = 1:1.2.13-6 is
> needed by package 
> gnumeric-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: cyrus-imapd =
> 2.2.6-2.FC3.6 is needed by 
> package cyrus-imapd-murder
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-ldap
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-pear
> Error: Missing Dependency: bind = 20:9.2.4-2 is
> needed by package 
> bind-chroot
> Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 7.4.6 is
> needed by package 
> postgresql-server
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-pgsql
> Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 7.4.6 is
> needed by package 
> postgresql-pl
> Error: Missing Dependency: openssh = 3.9p1-7 is
> needed by package 
> openssh-server
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-imap
> Error: Missing Dependency: koffice = 4:1.3.3-1 is
> needed by package 
> koffice-i18n
> Error: Missing Dependency: openoffice.org = 1.1.2-10
> is needed by 
> package openoffice.org-i18n
> Error: Missing Dependency: ImageMagick-devel =
> 6.0.7.1 is needed by 
> package ImageMagick-c++-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3 is needed
> by package php-domxml
> Error: Missing Dependency: openssh = 3.9p1-7 is
> needed by package 
> openssh-clients
> Error: Missing Dependency: kdegraphics = 7:3.3.0-3
> is needed by package 
> kdegraphics-devel
> Error: Missing Dependency: tkinter = 2.3.4-11 is
> needed by package 
> python-tools
> Error: Missing Dependency: xemacs = 21.4.15 is
> needed by package xemacs-info
> Error: Missing Dependency: hal = 0.4.0-10 is needed
> by package hal-devel
> 

Nice to see you still are on Fedora Core 3. Given that
 php in FC3 is 

[capt at bubudiu~]$ rpm -qa | grep php
php-mysql-4.3.11-2.5
php-4.3.11-2.5
php-ldap-4.3.11-2.5
php-pear-4.3.11-2.5

I would suspect you are mixing repositories and that
is why you have the impossible combinations presented.

Nuke yum and the cache, clean out /etc/yum.repos.d and
/etc/yum.conf and reinstall yum afresh.

Is that a pure FC3 system or was it a FC1 machine
before?


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