Problems with rpm database

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel Thimm wrote:

>Try
>
>apt-get check
>
>first to see, whether apt detects something irregular in the rpm
>database. Then try
>
>apt-get upgrade
>
>(no dist). Any packages "held back" are candidated to have caused the
>panic to apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
I'm sorry to keep you waiting for the results of this. I know you have
all been anxiously waiting to find out how this turned out. :-)

Before I saw your message, I had started yum with the following command
    yum update
on Tuesday about 11:00 am and it just finished the update about two
hours ago. I work on a dial-up line and the update took two days.

Anyway, after running yum update (which completed successfully) I ran
    apt-get check
and it completed normally
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done

However when I ran
    apt-get --simulate upgrade
it gave me a very long list of packages held back (attached to the end
of this message)

Since the yum update completed successfully does that mean my rpm
database should be OK?
Is apt-get indicating problems with the database and if so are they
because it is having trouble in an x86_64 system?

Carl.
















# apt-get --simulate upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
  automake automake14 automake15 automake16 automake17 cups-devel dump
  gd-devel libacl-devel libtiff-devel mysql-bench mysql-devel
redhat-menus rmt
  ruby-mode sgml-common slang-devel system-config-date system-config-display
  system-config-kickstart system-config-services system-config-users tzdata
  words xml-common
The following packages have been kept back
  MyODBC NetworkManager Omni Omni-foomatic acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel
  alsa-utils apr arts arts-devel at bash beecrypt bind-libs bind-utils boost
  boost-devel cups cups-libs curl curl-devel cvs dbus dbus-devel dbus-glib
  dbus-python dbus-x11 dhclient dhcpv6_client diffstat docbook-dtds elinks
  emacs-common enscript ethereal fedora-release fetchmail file firefox flac
  freeglut gamin gamin-devel gd gdb glib2 glib2-devel glibc glibc-common
  glibc-devel glibc-headers gnupg gphoto2 grep gtk2 hal hotplug howl httpd
  httpd-suexec iiimf-libs iiimf-libs-devel initscripts ipsec-tools iptables
  jwhois kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-devel kdegraphics
  kdegraphics-devel kdelibs kdelibs-devel kdemultimedia kdenetwork
  kdenetwork-devel kdepim kdepim-devel kdesdk kdesdk-devel kdeutils
  kdeutils-devel kdevelop kdewebdev kernel-utils krb5-devel krb5-libs
  krb5-workstation lftp libacl libgcrypt libgpg-error libpng libpng-devel
  libpng10 libpng10-devel libraw1394 libselinux libselinux-devel libtiff
  libxml2 libxml2-devel libxml2-python libxslt libxslt-devel lm_sensors man
  module-init-tools mutt mysql mysql-server net-tools nfs-utils nscd
openjade
  openmotif openmotif-devel openssh openssh-askpass openssh-askpass-gnome
  openssh-clients openssh-server pam pam-devel pcmcia-cs perl-HTML-Parser
  perl-XML-LibXML perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-Twig php php-mysql php-pear
  pkgconfig policycoreutils popt prelink procps python python-devel
  pyxf86config rhgb rhn-applet rhnlib rhpl rpm rpm-build rpm-devel
rpm-python
  rsh ruby ruby-devel ruby-libs samba-client samba-common sane-backends
  sane-backends-devel selinux-policy-targeted shadow-utils slang sysklogd
  system-config-printer system-config-printer-gui
system-config-securitylevel
  system-config-securitylevel-tui tcl tcsh udev up2date up2date-gnome
  vim-common vim-enhanced vim-minimal vixie-cron wireless-tools xorg-x11
  xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU xorg-x11-deprecated-libs
  xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel xorg-x11-devel xorg-x11-font-utils
  xorg-x11-libs xorg-x11-sdk xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-twm xorg-x11-xauth
  xorg-x11-xdm xorg-x11-xfs yum zip zlib zlib-devel
25 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 194 not upgraded.
Inst automake15 [1.5-13] (1.5-13_3.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst automake16 [1.6.3-5] (1.6.3-5_12.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst automake17 [1.7.9-5] (1.7.9-5_19.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst automake [1.9.2-3] (1.9.5-0_23.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst redhat-menus [1.13-1] (3.7.1-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Inst sgml-common [0.6.3-17] (0.6.3-17_11.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst system-config-date [1.7.11-1] (1.7.13-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Inst system-config-display [1.0.23-1] (1.0.24-1 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/FedoraLinux Freshrpms)
Inst system-config-kickstart [2.5.15-1] (2.5.19-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Inst xml-common [0.6.3-17] (0.6.3-17_11.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst automake14 [1.4p6-12] (1.4p6-12_3.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst cups-devel [1:1.1.22-0.rc1.8] (1:1.1.22-0.rc1.8.5 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Inst rmt [0.4b37-1] (0.4b39-1.FC3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Inst dump [0.4b37-1] (0.4b39-1.FC3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Inst gd-devel [2.0.28-1] (2.0.28-1.30.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Inst libacl-devel [2.2.23-5] (2.2.23-5_11.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Inst libtiff-devel [3.6.1-7] (3.6.1-9.fc3 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora LinuxFreshrpms)
Inst mysql-bench [3.23.58-13] (3.23.58-14 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora LinuxFreshrpms)
Inst mysql-devel [3.23.58-13] (3.23.58-14 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora LinuxFreshrpms)
Inst ruby-mode [1.8.1-7] (1.8.2-1.FC3.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Inst slang-devel [1.4.9-6] (1.4.9-13 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Inst system-config-services [0.8.15-1] (0.8.18-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Inst system-config-users [1.2.25-1] (1.2.28-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Inst tzdata [2004e-2] (2005c-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Inst words [2-23] (3.0-2 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf automake16 (1.6.3-5_12.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf automake (1.9.5-0_23.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf automake17 (1.7.9-5_19.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf automake15 (1.5-13_3.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf redhat-menus (3.7.1-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf sgml-common (0.6.3-17_11.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf system-config-date (1.7.13-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Conf system-config-display (1.0.24-1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Conf system-config-kickstart (2.5.19-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf xml-common (0.6.3-17_11.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf automake14 (1.4p6-12_3.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf cups-devel (1:1.1.22-0.rc1.8.5 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Conf rmt (0.4b39-1.FC3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf dump (0.4b39-1.FC3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf gd-devel (2.0.28-1.30.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf libacl-devel (2.2.23-5_11.rhfc3.at ATrpms:1/ATrpms)
Conf libtiff-devel (3.6.1-9.fc3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf mysql-bench (3.23.58-14 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf mysql-devel (3.23.58-14 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf ruby-mode (1.8.2-1.FC3.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux
Freshrpms)
Conf slang-devel (1.4.9-13 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf system-config-services (0.8.18-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3
Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf system-config-users (1.2.28-0.fc3.1 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora
Linux Freshrpms)
Conf tzdata (2005c-1.fc3 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)
Conf words (3.0-2 Fedora Linux 3 Updates:3/Fedora Linux Freshrpms)