elfutils update issue

[Jim Cornette]

jack wallen wrote:
> has anyone else experienced the elfutils update issue in FC6 recently?
> when i try to do yum update i am getting this error:
> 
> Error: elfutils-libelf conflicts with elfutils-libelf-devel >
> 0.123-1.fc6
> Error: elfutils-libelf conflicts with elfutils > 0.123-1.fc6
> Error: elfutils-libs conflicts with elfutils > 0.123-1.fc6
> 
> i ran rpm -q elfutils-libelf and it turns out i have two versions of
> this package installed:
> 
> elfutils-libelf-0.123-1.fc6
> elfutils-libelf-0.125-1.fc6
> 
> but only one package of elfutils:
> 
> elfutils-0.123-1.fc6
> 
> but this is odd:
> 
> rpm -q --whatrequires elfutils-libelf
> elfutils-libs-0.123-1.fc6
> elfutils-0.123-1.fc6
> elfutils-libelf-devel-0.123-1.fc6
> elfutils-libs-0.125-1.fc6
> 
> why are both .123 and .125 showing up?
> 
> any suggestions/advice?
> 
> thanks all.
> 
> jack
> 

Check out the thread popsted earlier for "Yum update problem with 
elfutils" posted by Greg Ennis. I believe he used the scripts provided 
by Seth to fix broken packages with a similar problem being encountered.

Jim

Excerpt from his later postings:
> Here are the links :
> 
> 
> http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/re-wow/
> 
> http://linux.duke.edu/~skvidal/misc/dupes-cli.py
> 
> 
> Greg
> 


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