FC6: Yum dependency problem

[Rahul Sundaram]

Clodoaldo wrote:
> I'm trying to install subversion with yum and it tries to also install
> postgresql-libs as a dependency.
> 
> The problem is that it tries to install a version that is older than
> the one I have installed and them complains:
> Transaction Check Error:
>  package postgresql-libs-8.2.4-1PGDG (which is newer than
> postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.fc6) is already installed
> 
> If it knows there is a newer version why he tries to install an older
> one? How to fix it? I tried to exclude postgresql-libs but them it
> complains about a missing lib.

The postgresql-libs package that you have already installed is a third 
party package. Packages that are in Fedora and require postgresql-libs 
would be built against and  depend on the version that is in the Fedora 
repository.

You have to either remove the third party package you have installed and 
install the Fedora repository package or build subversion against the 
package you already have installed from elsewhere.

Rahul