Cannot update Perl.

[Paul Howarth]

Maciej wrote:
> Hi out there,
> 
> I cannot update Perl because I am getting those messages:
> 
> Test install failed because of package conflicts:
> file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/File/Path.pm from install of perl-5.8.5-12.FC3
> conflicts with file from package
> perl-5.8.5-9

(snip)

> ho do I remove these conflicts?

I assume you're on an x64_64 box?

# yum remove perl.i386

The i386 version of perl was never intended to ship for x86_64 builds. 
This has been discussed a few times on this list already, and you can 
read the official announcement here:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-May/msg00000.html

Paul.