yum busted again :(

[James Wilkinson]

Dan Stromberg wrote:
> I have an athlon 64 system that I'm running a 32 bit FC3 on.
> 
> This is the second time yum has gotten confused to the point that I cannot
> patch my system anymore:
> 
> ---> Package gwenhywfar-devel.i386 0:1.7.2-0.fc3 set to be installed
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Conflict: python-devel conflicts python < 2.3.4-13.1
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: python-devel conflicts with python < 2.3.4-13.1
> 
> Is there a fix for this sort of thing, short of reinstalling?

Paul's given you some good advice.

One other thing to consider: do you need python-devel installed? (The
RPM information says "Install python-devel if you want to develop Python
extensions.") It's not needed for just running programs.

I'm not sure, off the top of my head, whether
# yum erase python-devel
will actually get as far as removing the package while there is a
dependency error.

Running
# rpm -e python-devel
will either remove python-devel, or give you a list of other packages
that need to be removed. I doubt there will be many: on my system, it's
just sip-devel and PyQt-devel. (Again, none of the -devel packages are
needed for simply running programs).

Once you've got rid of python-devel, the dependency won't be there, and
you can update.

If you *do* need python-devel, then you can re-install after you've
updated.

Hope this helps,

James.

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